Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

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.

Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind.

I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.