Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

...it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral. I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and one a moorland farmer, who all tell the same story of this dreadful apparition, exactly corresponding to the hell-hound of the legend. I assure you that there is a reign of terror in the district, and that it is a hardy man who will cross the moor at night.

The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.