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My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o'clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.

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You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you. It ...more

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

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The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

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It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinio...more

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I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

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If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always b...more

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Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears...more

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One knows so well the popular idea of health: the English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the unbeatable.

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Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!

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I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

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The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live, that is what I mean - so Bunbury died.He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his p...more

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JACKThat is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won't ...more