Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

To feel admiration for a man all through one's married life would, I think, be excessively tedious.

Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

It is curious - but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. ... Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.

The first time you do a thing is always exciting.

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