As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.

You know my methods. Apply them.

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

It is the small men and not the great who hold their noses in the air.

I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly knew whether to take credit for his wealth or to feel ashamed of his position.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.