If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it in conversation."

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are! Except, of course, in the Church. But then in the Church they don't think.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed."

"What o'clock is it, Victor?" asked Dorian Gray drowsily. "One hour and a quarter, Monsieur."

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.

We were quite close, almost touching. Our eyes met again. It was reckless of me, but I asked Lady Brandon to introduce me to him. Perhaps it was not so reckless, after all. It was simply inevitable. We would have spoken to each other without any introduction. I am sure of that.

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

"I don't think I am likely to marry, Harry. I am too much in love.