Only a mediocre person is always at his best. - W. Somerset Maugham

"What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?"

"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."

"Impropriety is the soul of wit."

"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."

"I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."