The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.

One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking!

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

Clouds of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long, glinting dragonflies shot across the path, or hung tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies.