“Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.”

“I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience.”

“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”

“One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.”

“Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks.”

“But don't you think one can be happy when on is married?Perfectly happy. But the happiness of a married man, my dear Gerald, depends on the people he has not married.But if one is in love?One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

“I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”