Besides, you want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I'm no hand for that. I'm a lawyer.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter.

Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket.