I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.