The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
The past is never dead; it's not even past. This is especially true in detective fiction.
我和其他积累了这种财富的人之间的主要区别在于，我主要对思想感兴趣，而不是赚钱。