For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.

One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.

Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil

Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as you are aware, Watson, but my experience of life has taught me that there are few wives having any regard for their husbands who would let any man's spoken word stand between them and that husband's dead body. Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.

There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically.

My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.