"The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined."

"The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money."

"It is a great thing to have a friend whose mind works like your own."

"The easiest way to make a man a fool is to give him an opinion and then contradict it."

"It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery."