Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.

Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women.

It is. That is the reason why, like Eve, they are so excessively anxious to get out of it.

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.

American novels, answered Lord Henry.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.