One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

Be sure thy sin will find thee out.

if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

The amount of missing girls I've had to trace and their family and their friends always say the same thing. 'She was a bright and affectionate disposition and had no men friends'. That's never true. It's unnatural. Girls ought to have men friends. If not, then there's something wrong about them.