Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot

The point is that one's got an instinct to live. One doesn't live because one's reason assents to living. People who, as we say, 'would be better dead' don't want to die! People who apparently have everything to live for just let themselves fade out of life because they haven't got the energy to fight.

You'll be glad too, when the end comes.

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

I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people when they're sorry for themselves. Self-pity is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the world today.

I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.