وهو رجل مهذب مثقف لكنه صموت جدا، لأنه - كما قال - قال كل ما يمكن قوله قبل أن يبلغ الثلاثين من العمر.

“Please, tell me the truth.The truth, who knows the truth?You've heart knows the…”

“Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ev…”

“Come, dear, [Gwendolen rises] we have already missed five, if not six, trains. …”

“I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the f…”