The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.

Source: Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, and Selected Critical Prose (1891).

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

You can never be overdressed or over-educated.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894) by Oscar Wilde. Variant: The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.

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Now good education is only a hindrance. It closes too many doors in front of you.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance.

Source: Oscar Wilde, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894).

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.