From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.

His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.

You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.

I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.