W. Somerset Maugham

“Writing is the supreme solace.”

“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.”

“Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.”

“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.”