One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

Gwendolen$$$ it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?

Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like$$$ but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case$$$ she is a monster$$$ without being a myth$$$ which is rather unfair.

My dear fellow$$$ the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice$$$ sweet$$$ refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

Oh$$$ brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die$$$ and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

I'll bet you anything you like that half an hour after they have met$$$ they will be calling each other sister.Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first.

She can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning$$$ and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

I hope you have not been leading a double life$$$ pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.