Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.

I have always been so sure - too sure... But now I am very humble and I say like a little child: "I do not know..."

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.