For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
Arthur Conan DoyleWe must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
Arthur Conan DoylePhilosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.
Arthur Conan Doyle