“ I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a dog at me. Neither dog nor man liked the look of my stick, however, an… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest perio… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’ A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that. It is the German who is so uncourteo… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Well,' said our engineer ruefully as we took our seats to return once more to London, 'it has been a pretty business for me! I have lost my thumb and I have lost a fifty-guinea fee, and what have I ga… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn. This mu… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Now, Watson," said he, "we have picked up two clues this morning. One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that has led to. The other is the bicycle with the patched Dunlop. Before we… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Before we begin to investigate that, let us try to realize what we do know, so as to make the most of it, and to separate the essential from the accidental. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Yes, the setting (Dartmoor) is a worthy one. If the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
“ To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year, Yellow leaves carpeted the lanes and fluttered down upon… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognize… Arthur Conan Doyle
