Oscar Wilde

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.

The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.

This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again.

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.