One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.

How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says -- ' And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool.

I don't know. I don't know at all. And that's what's frightening the life out of me. To have no idea.

Every man should have aunts. They illustrate the triumph of guess work over logic.

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.