Well, sir, let us do what we can to curtail this visit, which can hardly be agreeable to you, and is inexpressibly irksome to me.

No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

We have much to hope from the flowers.

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

It is all in the way of professional experience.