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The Noblest form of Affection

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No good deed goes unpunished.

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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.

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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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The heart was made to be broken.

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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

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I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak ...more

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I have nothing to declare except my genius.

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Who, being loved, is poor?

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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

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The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge t...more

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I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

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You came to me to learn the Pleasure of Life and the Pleasure of Art. Perhaps I am chosen to teach you something much more wonderful, the meaning of S...more

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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.