Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
W. Somerset MaughamPeople are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element]
W. Somerset MaughamThe secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.
W. Somerset Maugham