Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. Somerset MaughamA dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.
W. Somerset MaughamYou know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule.
W. Somerset Maugham