"Come, dear, [Gwendolen rises] we have already..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.”

“For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no reality in the things apart from their appearences.”

“Experience is a question of instinct about life.”

“Never trust anything you read in a travel article. Travel articles appear in publications that sell large, expensive advertisements to tourism-related industries, and these industries do not wish to see articles with headlines like: URUGUAY: DON'T BOTHER.”

“I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.”

“I reached Ghazipur three days ago. Here I am putting up in the house of Babu Satish Chandra Mukherji, a friend of my early age. The place is very pleasant. Close by flows the Ganga, but bathing there is troublesome, for there is no regular path, and it is hard work wading through sands.”

“He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”

“He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.”

“Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.”