W. Somerset Maugham

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.

Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it.

Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it.

Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, deprecating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a read more

Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, deprecating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room.