Doctors are like crows. When you see two or three of them gathered together, you know there is a death in the offing, and they are discussing it. With the crows, they are deciding which parts to tear open and make off with, and so it is with the doctors.
A little white lie is a small price to pay for peace and quiet.[quoting Mary]
You should never let your picture be in a magazine or newspaper, if you can help it, as you never know what ends your face may be made to serve by others, once it has got out of your control.
Those who have been in trouble themselves are alert to it in others.
There is no use crying over spilt milk if you don’t know whether the milk is spilt or not.
The road to death is a lonely highway, and longer than it appears, even when it leads straight down from the scaffold, by way of a rope. And it’s a dark road, with never any moon shining on it, to light your way.
Once you are found with a man in your room, you are the guilty one, no matter how they get in.
If the world treats you well, sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.
Having a thought is not the same as doing it. If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.
When people are afraid, they often behave with cruelty.
To go from a familiar thing into the unknown, is always a matter for apprehension.
People want a guilty person. If there has been a crime, they want to know who did it.
