Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.

A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.

Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.

To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.

Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.

He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.

...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.