When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.

As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world. - Watson.

Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically.