A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not lov... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

"The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

"But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality."

"Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed."

"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."