To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.
Achievement brings with it its own anticlimax.
When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.
You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth.
You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.
People who can be very good can be very bad too.