“Pray do! I think that whenever one has anything unpleasant to say, one should always be quite candid.”

“I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”

“Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.”

“One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.”

“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.”

“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”

“One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”