Things go entirely differently from the way you planned them.

No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot

It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.