W. Somerset Maugham

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned…

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have…

We are not the same persons this year as last nor are those we love…

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be…

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts…

Only a mediocre person is always at his best…

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and the error is…

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of…

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering…

If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that…

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create…

When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character…

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul…

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to…

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally…