You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

I've got a stomach now as well as a behind. And I mean - well, you can't pull it in both ways, can you? ... I've made it a rule to pull in my stomach and let my behind look after itself.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

The out-of-date returns in due course as the picturesque.

Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?

To feel admiration for a man all through one's married life would, I think, be excessively tedious.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.