When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.

"I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fire. "Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur."

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

It is more than possible; it is probable.

My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly knew whether to take credit for his wealth or to feel ashamed of his position.

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor