Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave.

In my experience, people who go about looking for trouble usually find it.

It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.

You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

To feel admiration for a man all through one's married life would, I think, be excessively tedious.