A Woman of No Importance

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them

LADY CAROLINE. You believe good of every one, Jane. It is a great fault.
LADY STUTFIELD. Do you really, really think, Lady Caroline, that one should believe evil of every one?
LADY CAROLINE. I think it is much safer to do so, Lady Stutfield. Until, of course, people are found out to be good. But that requires a great deal of investigation nowadays.

Ah! The world was made for men and not for women.

Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.

When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself. And one ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

GERALD. But haven't women got a refining influence?

LORD ILLINGWORTH. Nothing refines but the intellect.

Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.