You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.

Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.

A mask tells us more than a face.