People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

as all women know, there are really no men at all. There are grown-up boys, and middle-aged boys, and elderly boys, and even sometimes very old boys. But the essential difference is simply exterior. Your man is always a boy.

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.

There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.