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

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British criminal law.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.