“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

“Suddenly I found myself face to face with the young man whose personality had so strangely stirred me.”

“The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.”

“Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed.”

“LORD ILLINGWORTH What do you think she'd do if I kissed her?MRS ALLONBY Either marry you, or strike you across the face with her glove. What would you do if she struck you across the face with her glove?LORD ILLINGWORTH Fall in love with her, probably.”

“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”

“When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.”