Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

'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.

A man with so large a brain must have something in it.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .

He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.

There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.