Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

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

There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.

I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.