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

He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.

The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated. My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining insight as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

One must wait till it comes.

I have taken to living by my wits.