It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham Life
Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. W. Somerset Maugham Age
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. W. Somerset Maugham Humor
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. W. Somerset Maugham Art
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham Best
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. W. Somerset Maugham Happiness