A Nero Wolfe Mystery [Season 2, Episode 9]

Measure your mind’s height by the shadow it casts.

— This, uh, is in the strictest of confidence.
— Ah, yes, well, of course. Unless you’re loaded with something too heavy for me, like murder or treason.
— "Other sins only speak, murder shrieks out. Treason doth never prosper." Fear not, Mr. Goodwin, I am loaded with neither.

Curiosity creeps into the homes of the unfortunate under the names of duty or pity.