I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake.- Watson

It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.

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.

I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!

Talent does not automatically generate success. You can be talentless, but so long as you have fortitude then you will have success.

Respect isn't automatically earned. You have to first position yourself with a level of mannerism that's worth emulating, before others could see a strong reason to respect you.

We fail to open the right doors because we fail to pick the right keys!

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out.

I keep telling myself I don't practice enough to be a perfectionist. And I don't practice enough to get mad. So my temper has subdued and my attitude is subdued.

Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes.

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

America's Older Americans add great value to our Nation.

And she is your holy Mary. And I am so ordinary.