The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Actually, it is more probable that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, and in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.
The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile.
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
You should study the Peerage. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.
Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime.
The secret of life is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are either well written or badly written. That is all.