He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.
When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating...
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.
Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful t...
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.
Only love can keep anyone alive...
LADY BRACKNELLTo speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
JACKYour duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNONMy duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.
If I could get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world except get up early, take exercise or be respectable.
I really don't see what is so romantic about proposing. One may be accepted - one usually is, I believe - and then the excitement is ended. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.