More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

"What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you."
"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."
"I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
"Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy."
"I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."