Lady Bracknell – Character Quotes

I hadn't been there since her poor husband's death. I never saw a woman so altered; she looks quite twenty years younger.

Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.

"I'm glad to hear thar you smoke. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men in London as it is."

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.

Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.

A man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

I would strongly advise you, Mr. Worthing, to try and acquire some relations as soon as possible, and to make a definite effort to produce at any rate one parent, of either sex, before the season is quite over.