I love and am loved by a better man than he.

This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.

Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog did nothing in the night-time.' That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.