The Picture of Dorian Gray III

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

It is said that passion makes one think in a circle

Skepticism is the beginning of Faith

To define is to limit

Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity

Romance loved by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible

In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, or the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak

Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful

Anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often

Life is a question of nerves and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams