Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

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

There's nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation.

I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings

Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.