The trouble with you, dear, is that you think an angel of the Lord as a creature with wings, whereas he is probably a scruffy little man with a bowle…

- Josephine Tey

Weak people can be very stubborn.

- Josephine Tey

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable.

- Josephine Tey

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.

- Josephine Tey

Nothing great ever came out of common sense.

- Josephine Tey

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

- Josephine Tey

Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.

- Josephine Tey

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

- Josephine Tey

It is not possible to love and be wise.

- Josephine Tey