The trouble with you and me, is that we don't live in the real world. We dream of fantastic things that may never happen.

I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.

I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

Time is the best killer.