To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.
W. Somerset MaughamBeauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
W. Somerset MaughamFailure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
W. Somerset Maugham