Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.
W. Somerset MaughamMake him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.
W. Somerset MaughamOld age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset MaughamThere is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain
W. Somerset MaughamI am told that today rather more than 60 per cent of the men who go to university go on a Government grant. This is a new class that has entered upon the scene. It is the white-collar proletariat. They do not go to university to acquire culture but to get a job, and when they have got one, scamp it. They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. Somerset Maugham