I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.
My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression
I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.
A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.
I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.
If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.