When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.

It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.

So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.

You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson.