Dishonesty relates to epigrams because they are pretty much lies that contradict themselves. So really the lie lies about itself. Dishonesty is tied into satire of social situations because satire of social situations are not always true they are just making fun of the things that are wrong with all of the social situations. Dishonesty relates to earnest/Ernest and the title of the play because Jack is Jack in the country and he is Ernest in the city. He lies about who he is so he can enjoy himself and see Gwendolyn. Dishonesty ties into the pursuit of pleasure because Jack and Algernon both lie about going to see a made up person to either do something they want or get out of something they don't want to do.
Wilde seems to be saying that the characters seem willing to do anything to hide the truth about them not being who they say they are or who they are going to see. He also seems to be trying to say that dishonesty will get you in trouble more often than not. In the book, nothing good every really happened to Jack or Algernon until they started telling the truth about who they are. Once they do, they both end up with the girl they love.
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