Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

Niagara ... is the first disappointment in the married life of many Americans who spend their honeymoon there.

JACK: Well . . . may I propose to you now?GWENDOLEN: I think it would be an admirable opportunity. And to spare you any possible disappointment, Mr. Worthing, I think it only fair to tell you quite frankly before-hand that I am fully determined to accept you.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.