As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake. - Watson

Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she be endowed with them.

Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.

[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.

The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.