Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

W. Somerset Maugham

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Life isn't long enough for love and art.

Life isn't long enough for love and art.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.