“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”

“I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning. ”

“Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building.”

“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”

“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.”