“Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments”

“Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.”

“Talking to him was like playing upon an exquisite violin.”

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

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

“MRS. ALLONBY. It is only fair to tell you beforehand he has got no conversation at all.LADY STUTFIELD. I adore silent men.MRS ALLONBY. Oh, Ernest isn't silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don't know. I haven't listened to him for years.”

“The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.”