"Lord Peter Wimsey: I always said the professional advocate was the most amoral person on the face of the earth. I'm c…"

"Sir Impey Biggs: Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the who…"

"Sir Impey Biggs: Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by a…"

"Honoria Lucasta, Dowager Duchess of Denver: It's so much better to do things neatly and properly, even stupid things."

"To the person who has anything to conceal — to the person who wants to lose his identity as one leaf among the leaves…"

"Lord Peter Wimsey: Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave…"

"George Fentiman: What’s the damn good of it, Wimsey? A man goes and fights for his country, gets his inside gassed ou…"

"Lord Peter Wimsey: It’s my belief most of us would only be too pleased to chuck these community hysterics if the beas…"

"Lord Peter Wimsey: She has a sense of humor... and brains... life wouldn't be dull. One would wake up, and there woul…"

"Bunter: My old mother always used to say, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you stare them in the face hard enoug…"