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

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

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

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.

Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.

Things never come when they are expected.