"An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her."

"I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest."

"Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do."

"There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ou…"

"I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalize. Generalizations are seldom or ever true, and are usually utterly inaccurate."