None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth.

Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal.

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

There are crimes which the Law cannot reach.

Why? Oh, well - I thought you'd be rather an attractive person to marry. That's all. I mean, I sort of took a fancy to you. I can't tell you why. There's no rule about it, you know.

Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the better the flavour seems to be.