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 MaughamA man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
W. Somerset MaughamConsidering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
W. Somerset Maugham