Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it.
W. Somerset MaughamI happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.
W. Somerset MaughamThe most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
W. Somerset MaughamI can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
W. Somerset Maugham