if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
No innocent person ever has an alibi.
lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.
At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.
With method and logic one can accomplish anything.