Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

One must wait till it comes.

The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.

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.

One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking!

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.