We can have in life but one great experience at best, and th... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"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."

"Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else."

"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."

"Even things that are true can be proved."

"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."