Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.

We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.

There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically.

There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy.

There is nothing like first-hand evidence.

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.