“Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this evidence has been very cleverly manufactured---so cleverly that it has defeated its own ends.”

“Is she a very clever little actress, acting a part? Or is she a genuine semi-moronic suicidal victim?”

“They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.”

“If thing is as clear as daylight, mistrust it! someone has made it so!”

“You might start a new religion yourself, with the creed: 'There is no one so clever as Hercule Poirot, Amen, D. C. Repeat ad lib.'!”

“People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. I've known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and they've managed to lead happy contented lives. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.”

“What can I say at seventy-five? "Thank God for my good life,and for all the love that has been given to me.”