Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?
Arthur Conan DoyleSo complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.
Arthur Conan DoyleLife, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
Arthur Conan Doyle