Oscar Wilde

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read."

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

"Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative."

"To do nothing is the most difficult thing in the world."

"The only sin that remains is to be afraid of it."

"I have nothing to say and I am saying it."

"It is better to desire and not to have than to have and not to desire."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it."

"I prefer the company of peasants because they do not read the newspapers."

"When good Americans die, they go to Paris."

"I went out to make my fortune, but instead I made my fame."

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail."

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."

"It has been my experience that one's way of thinking about things matters more than the things themselves."

"The great events of life often pass us by while we are making other plans."

"I do not want to be part of any organization that would have me as a member."

"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both seems like carelessness."

"The paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention."

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future because no one is irredeemable."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

"How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being."

"A novel that does not end in matrimony is a tragedy."

"I have always been of opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do."

"The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming."

"You will always be fond of me. When you fall in love it will not be with me."

"What's the difference between a man and a woman? One is male, the other is female."

"Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own. You are cheaper."

"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them."