When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies through the window.

When is she Sibyl Vane? Never.

When the prurient and the impotent attack you, be sure you are right.

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the only thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.

When that high spirit, that morning star of evil, fell from heaven, it was as a rebel that he fell.

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

When man acts he is a puppet. When he describes he is a poet.