"The public is an excellent detective in its way."

"The very atmosphere of the room seemed to be impregnated with the spirit of crime."

"The world is full of wonders, if only we open our eyes."

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine o…"

"A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her."