What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
W. Somerset Maugham

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
W. Somerset Maugham

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
W. Somerset Maugham

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
W. Somerset Maugham

Writing is the supreme solace.
W. Somerset Maugham

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
W. Somerset Maugham

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.
W. Somerset Maugham

You 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 Maugham