W. Somerset Maugham

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.


Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.


It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.


When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.


Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.