It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it.
W. Somerset MaughamA good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
W. Somerset MaughamLoving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.
W. Somerset Maugham