To begin at the beginning.
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotio...
That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so...
Holmes smiled, and clapped Lestrade upon the shoulder. Instead of being ruined, my good sir, you will find that
Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.
Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. S. H. It was a nice equipment f...
I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.
The big blank spaces in the map are all being filled in, and there's no room for romance anywhere.
Some friend of yours, perhaps?""Except yourself I have none," he answered. "I do not encourage visitors.
Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?''What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored, you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee...
I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with...
There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
Presume nothing
You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.