Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
W. Somerset MaughamTo acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
W. Somerset MaughamThe author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so.
W. Somerset Maugham