Oscar Wilde

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I don't like to get in front of people.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.