At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true. - Agatha Christie

The fellow is an absolute outsider, anyone can see that. He's got a great black beard, and wears patent leather boots in all weathers!

"You do think you know about everything," said her husband.
I do," said Tuppence."

“A dog,” said Mr. Baldock, in his lecture-room style, which was capable of rousing almost anybody to violent irritation, “has an extraordinary power of bolstering up the human ego.”