Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.
You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.
What the deuce is it to me? he interrupted impatiently: you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe...
There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.
My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
Let me see. What are my other shortcomings?
It is more than possible; it is probable.
A most painful matter to me, as you can most readily imagine, Mr Holmes. I have been cut to the quick. I understand you have already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I presume...
That's rather a broad idea," I remarked. "One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature," he answered.
You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?No, indeed!You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged.My dear fellow! I congrat-To Milverton's housemaid.My dear Holmes!I wanted information, Watson.
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy.
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
It was a wild, tempestuous night, towards the close of November. Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he engaged with a powerful lens deciphering the remains of the original inscripti...
It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.