What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.
you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.
The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.
No government can act in advance of the moral will of the people.
Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love.