What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
一个愤世嫉俗的人知道所有东西的价格，却不知道任何东西的价值。

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
给我们赦免的，是忏悔而不是牧师。

I don't want to earn my living; I want to live.
我不想谋生；我想生活。

When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
-An Ideal husband, 1893
当神想惩罚我们时，他们就回应我们的祈祷。
-《一个理想的丈夫》

“Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
-An Ideal Husband，1893
生活从来不是公平的……而且，或许对我们大多数人来说，这是件好事。
-《一个理想的丈夫》

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
如果男人坚持把她当作一个完全正常的人，女人如何能期望会从他那里获得幸福。

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
我想所有迷人的人都是被宠爱着的，这是他们吸引力来源的秘密。

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
没有比冷静更让人恼火的。

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
声望是我从未经受的侮辱之一。

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
奚落是庸才对天才的颂歌。

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
什么也不做是世上最难的事情，最困难并且最智慧。

A true friend stabs you in the front.
真朋友才会当面中伤你。

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
平常的财宝会被偷走，而真正的财富则不会。你灵魂里无限珍贵的东西是无法被夺走的。

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
教养良好的人处处和他人过不去，头脑聪明的人处处和自己过不去。

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
永远宽恕你的敌人，没有什么能比这个更让他们恼怒的了。