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

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.

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

Books are a habit-forming drug.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.