I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.

I like to see an angry Englishman, " said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.

Take, this day, my handand promise to absolvewhat my forefathers and I didto you and your kin.

You shouldn't blame others for the conditions you endure; we each have the freedom to follow which path we desire in life.

No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.

The greatest help you will ever have in this life is the Holy Ghost! Cultivate him as a friend and constant companion.

One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it.

Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.

Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

The harder we look at our aches and ailments, the more we will be startled by the painful truths they are trying to convey about our dangerously disembodied way of life.