Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
W. Somerset MaughamNever pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.
W. Somerset MaughamThere are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central position in the universe. They feel it a personal affront that they can no longer consider themselves the pivot upon which turns the whole of created things.
W. Somerset Maugham