The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself – and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.
The happiness of one man and woman is the greatest thing in all the world.
The great merit of being a doctor is that you are not obliged to follow your own advice.
The great criminal (as you may remember my remarking to you once) is always supremely simple.
The expected has happened, and when the expected happens, it always causes me emotion.
The evils of gambling are only slightly less than the evils caused by drink.
The dog hunts rabbits. Hercule Poirot hunts murderers.
The danger is they may assume undue importance.
The curse of a politician’s life: He has to bow to the country’s feeling, however dangerous and foolhardy he knows it to be.
The crime passionel! The primitive instinct – to kill! So closely allied to the sex instinct.
