Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung;
The world was very old in­deed when you and I were young.

"I know too much," he said. "That's what's the matter with me. That's what's the matter with all of us, and the whole show; we know too much. Too much about one another; too much about ourselves. That's why I'm really interested, just now, about one thing that I don't know

"I told you before I had to throw back the big fish."

had a talent for appearing when he was not wanted and a talent for disappearing when he was wanted, especially when he was wanted by the police.

should say that what you don't know isn't worth knowing."