“Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.”

“There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.”

“Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.”

“I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.”

“You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”

“I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.”

“Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.”