I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.

Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to use all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

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.

How sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.