I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.
W. Somerset MaughamPerhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.
W. Somerset MaughamNo woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.
W. Somerset MaughamIt might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
W. Somerset Maugham