“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly written.”

“There is no such thing as good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral- immoral from a scientific point of view.”

“Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.”

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”