Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.

Superstition has its practical uses.

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.