"He had not been in the house for years, not since Lord Henry had come with that strange letter."Time
"When Genius dies, Mediocrity buries it."Creativity
"There are moments when history ceases to repeat itself and becomes literature."Literature
"I can resist everything except temptation, but then again, so can most people."Wisdom
"All art is quite useless."Art
"He was more than a part of his own life. He was a character in which the extremes were reconciled."
"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them."Humor
"Do you think your youth will ever come back to you? Time is jealous of you."Time
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."Literature
"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."Philosophy
"Art has no influence upon action."Art
"How shallow are the arbitrary distinctions that society makes upon dress and manners!"