The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy.

You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson.

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.

So complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.