Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.

You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite.