The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.

Everything in a story should be credible.

A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.