“Juries can sometimes be very stupid, and it's just as well not to worry them with more evidence than they can conveniently deal with.”
James Stephenson - Howard Joyce

“They can prove that Hammond came to your house at your urgent invitation. I don't know what else they can prove, but if the jury comes to the conclusion that you didn't kill Hammond in self-defense...”

James Stephenson - Howard Joyce

- "Wishy": If I'm the one that gets killed, get twenty-five beautiful girls to walk around me.
- "Doc": Why?
- "Wishy": If I don't get up, then you know I'm dead.
Lou Costello - "Wishy"
Bud Abbott - "Doc"

“- Doctor Watson: But Holmes, that's impossible.
- Sherlock Holmes: Anything is possible until proven otherwise.”
Nigel Bruce - Dr. Watson
Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes

“- T.M. Sawyer - Banker (Ch. 10): You don't suspect Higby, do you?
- Duke Cameron: It isn't what I suspect, but what I can prove that counts.”
Herbert Rawlinson - T.M. Sawyer - Banker (Ch. 10)
Allan Lane - Duke Cameron