Some people, when they come into money, seem to attach undue importance to it.
Some of the greatest criminals I have known had the faces of angels. A malformation of the grey cells may coincide quite easily with the face of a Madonna.
So many things look beautiful, before we’ve reached them. Some of the ugliest things in the world look the most beautiful…
Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet.
Sanity is the one unbelievable bore. One must be mad – deliciously mad – perverted – slightly twisted – then one sees life from a new and entrancing angle.
Revenge is very unsatisfactory.
Remember, the pudding proves itself only when you eat it.
Regrets are vain, and all may not yet be lost.
Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined – sifted.
Plots come to me at such odd moments: when I am walking along a street, or examining a hat-shop with particular interest, suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.
People who go about talking of what they are going to do don’t usually do it.
People who go about looking for trouble usually find it.