“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
“It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.”
“Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.”
“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”
“Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.”
“An ordinary man away from home giving advice.”
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”
“Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.”
“Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.”
“Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.”
“I love acting. It is so much more real than life.”
“Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.”
“I can believe anything provided it is incredible.”
“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”
“Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.”
“What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?”
“Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.”
“I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.”
“Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.”
“It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.”
“Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.”
“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.”
“When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.”
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”
“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
“Work is a refuge of people who have nothing better to do.”
“A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.”
“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”