The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes

I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.