I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

There is a woman in every case; as soon as they bring me a report, I say, 'Look for the woman.'

This woman goes into a gun shop and says, 'I want to buy a gun for my husband.' The clerk says, 'Did he tell you what kind of gun?' 'No,' she replied. 'He doesn't even know I'm going to shoot him.'

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

A thief believes everybody steals.

He that cries 'Stop, thief' is often he that has stolen the treasure.

To steal from a thief is not theft. It is merely irony.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.