What fire does not destroy, it hardens - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

"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."

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."

"We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."