The Picture of Dorian Gray

Out of its secret hiding-place had crept his soul, and desire had come to meet it on the way.

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.

"the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life."

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

Against the shell of her ear broke the waves of worldly cunning.

find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

"What o'clock is it, Victor?" asked Dorian Gray drowsily. "One hour and a quarter, Monsieur."

A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.