Perhaps, when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.

horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle

The soul is swayed by the waters.

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.

Violence is sometimes a duty.

My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.