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

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.

It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.

You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.

Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind.

the science of tomorrow is the supernatural of today.

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.