Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but... - Oscar Wilde

"The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge that must be the result of years of study."

"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."

"Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness."

"A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author."

"Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level."