I think that I had better go, Holmes.""Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.

The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.

The future was with Fate. The present was our own.~ The Poison Belt

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.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

I don't write stories, I write characters.

If you achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods.

Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Is it important to have an enlightened teacher? No. Yes. If you are an absolute beginner, it really doesn't matter that much, to tell you the truth.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand youre going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves.

Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.

Each person was himself one alone. One oneness, a unit in a society, but always afraid, always alone. If I should scream, if I should call for help, would anyone hear would it even matter?

Kids are very visual, and they might not eat a food just because of its colour.