“Take this Hercules -this hero! Hero, indeed! What was he but a large muscular creature of low intelligence and criminal tendencies!”

“There's a saying by some great writer or other that no man is a hero to his valet. Perhaps everyone ought to have a valet.”

“I think you are wise. You haven't got what it takes for this job. You are like Rosemary's father. He couldn't understand Lenin's dictum: 'Away with softness.'"I thought of Hercule Poirot's words."I'm content," I said, "to be human...."We sat there in silence, each of use convinced that the other's point of view was wrong.”

“If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.”

“Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot”

“Mas não tão inteligente quanto Hercule Poirot!”

“The dog hunts rabbits. Hercule Poirot hunts murderers.”