To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.
W. Somerset Maughamif you'd ever had a grown-up daughter you'd know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her - well, it's much better to pretend you're the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.
W. Somerset MaughamThe trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?
W. Somerset Maugham