Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid