Wisdom of Father Brown

I CAN ALWAYS grasp moral evidence more easily than the other sorts. I go by a man's eyes and voice ... and whether his family seems happy, and by what subject he chooses - and avoids.

If you want to know what a lady is really like, don't look at her; for she may be too clever for you. Don't look at the men around her, for they may be too silly about her. But look at some other woman who is always near to her, and especially one who is under her. You will see in that mirror her real face.

- Father Brown in The Duel of Dr. Hirsch