Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.
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.
You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.
Well, sir, let us do what we can to curtail this visit, which can hardly be agreeable to you, and is inexpressibly irksome to me.