Only, as long as we‘re going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value. - S. S. Van Dine

Circumstantial evidence, Markham, is the utt‘rest tommyrot imag‘nable. Its theory is not unlike that of our present-day democracy. The democratic theory is that if you accumulate enough ignorance at the polls, you produce intelligence; and the theory of circumst‘ntial evidence is that if you accumulate a sufficient number of weak links, you produce a strong chain.

He spent considerable time at his clubs; his favorite was the Stuyvesant, because, as he explained to me, its membership was drawn largely from the political and commercial ranks, and he was never drawn into a discussion which required any mental effort

Do you play chess, by the by?" asked Vance.
"Used to. But no more. A beautiful game, though—if it wasn't for the players.