Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

Is there ever any particular spot where one can put one's finger and say, "It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?

One of the oddest things in life, as we all know, is the way that when you have heard a thing mentioned, within twenty-four hours you nearly always come across it again.

To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it wrong way round.

too much safety is abhorrent to the nature of a human being.