“When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.”

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

“He has certainly not been paying me compliments. Perhaps that is thereason that I don't believe anything he has told me.”

“Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.”

“My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.”

“Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into a permanent public temptation. ...Chausuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married?Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.Chausuble: And often, I´ve been told, not even to her.”

“I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.”