"I wish I'd said that" (by Wilde, to a witty remark by James McNeill Whistler ), to which Whistler riposted:..."

"There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be ..."

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. [First used by Wilde in Vera; or, The Nihilists .]..."