There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot

If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool.

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

If only-if only, Hastings, you would part your hair in the middle instead of at the side! What a difference it would make to the symmetry of your appearance. And your moustache. If you must have a moustache, let it be a real moustache-a thing of beauty such as mine.