As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.
It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
I love and am loved by a better man than he.
The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.