A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. - Oscar Wilde

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.

There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.