The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it ha... - W. Somerset Maugham

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

"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."

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

"The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love."

"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind."