If you disperse energy in speech, it doesn't leave you too much over for action.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

Ye Gods and Little Fishes," said Sir Henry, "can it be? George, it's my own particular, one and only four starred Pussy. The super Pussy of all old Pussies...

He's a zealous fellow, but zeal can't really take the place of brains.

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

The vicar, a gentle, middle-aged man, was always the last to hear anything.

But that is how life is viewed. When you are young, you are YOUNG; when you are in vigour you are a 'VERY strong man'; when your vigour begins to fail, you are OLD. If old, you might as well be as old as possible.