A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

One must wait till it comes.

It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.

Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.

'There's no need for fiction in medicine,' remarks Foster... 'for the facts will always beat anything you fancy.'

Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes