A Woman of No Importance

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them

MRS. ALLONBY. I have still the mask.

LORD ILLINGWORTH. It makes your eyes lovelier.

Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.

LORD ILLINGWORTH. The world is simply divided into two classes - those who believe the incredible, like the public - and those who do the improbable -
MRS. ALLONBY. Like yourself?
LORD ILLINGWORTH. Yes; I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.

and after a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

He should persistently compromise us in public, and treat us with absolute respect when we are alone

nothing but pay bills and compliments.