Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner
No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produced a false impression.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
What nonsense people talk about happy marriages! A man can be happy with any woman so long as he doesn't love her
The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.
Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
If there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.