“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”

“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”

“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure”

“Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive”

“Sincerity is the last refuge of the shallow.”

“Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.”

“You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you. It is a public scandal the way I adore you. I have been going about for the last six months telling the whole of society that I adore you. I wonder you consent to have anything to say to me. I have no character left at all. At least, I feel so happy that I am quite sure I have no character left at all.”