“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love”

“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”

“You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you. It is a public scandal the way I adore you. I have...”

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.”

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast”

“Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.And falsehoods the truths of other people.Other people are...”

“I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.”

“Ah! that is the great thing in life, to live the truth.”

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”

“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”

“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”

“But just as my philosophy had ceased to interest me as soon as it was formulated into a set of principles so, when I saw myself being imitated, I realised at once what an incubus my aesthetic perso...”

“Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all ones prejudices.”

“There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike...”