“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”

“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”

“Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods—they worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.”

“I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.”

“Only love can keep anyone alive...”

“How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!”

“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being”