More quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."
"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."
"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
"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."
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."