«American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.»

W. Somerset Maugham*

* (UK Embassy, Paris, France 25-Jan-1874 / Nice, France 16-December-1965).

British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.