I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

There are many things that are unbelievable. Especially before breakfast, is it not? That is what one of your classics says. Six impossible things before breakfast.

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

I've got an uncle myself. Nobody should be held responsible for their uncles. Nature's little throwbacks - that's how I look at it.

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.

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