When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. ... The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood.

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

Now, Watson,” said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the gloom, throwing out two golden tunnels of yellow light from its side lanterns. “You’ll come with me, won’t you?” “If I can be of use.” “Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

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