“He atones for being occasionally somewhat overdressed by being always absolutely over-educated. He is a very modern type.”

“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.”

“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”

“Lady Bracknell: Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with education?Chasuble: (Somewhat indignantly) She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of respectability.Lady Bracknell: It is obviously the same person.”

“You are remarkably modern, Mabel. A little too modern, perhaps. Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern. One is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly.”

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

“It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. (Algernon in The Importance of Being Ernest)”