It is the first duty of a gentleman to remember in the morning who he went to bed with the night before.

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

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.

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.

It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.

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.

He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity.