The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written.

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.

If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.

To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.

How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do" "Except to teach me for the first time what they meant.