Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. - Of Human Bondage W Somerset Maugham quote
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. - Of Human Bondage Advice | W Somerset Maugham quote
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. W Somerset Maugham quote
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. Habit | W Somerset Maugham quote
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. W Somerset Maugham quote
