Oscar Wilde

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I shall never make a new friend in my life, though perhaps a few after I die.

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I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated His ability.

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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. -- An Ideal Husband

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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of enemies.

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What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? -- The Devoted Friend

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I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. -- The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Murder is always a mistake. ... One should never do anything one cannot talk about after diner. -- The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. -- An Ideal Husband

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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. -- The Importance of Being Earnest

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We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life it to reproduce that experience as often as possible. -- The Picture of Dorian Gray

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In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it. -- Lady Windermere's Fan

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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. -- A Woman of No Importance

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[When told that his medical bill would be a large one, he said:]
Ah, well then, I suppose that I shall have to die as I lived -- beyond my means.