... 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.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them.

"Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters."

The truth often does sound unconvincing.

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.