Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true t... - Oscar Wilde

"There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better."

"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information."

"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."

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."

"One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry."