I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.