Hate doesn't last. Love does.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.

You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth.

Words, mademoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.

Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.