Pray dont talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. – Oscar Wilde
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. – Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. – Oscar Wilde
In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866