"I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation."

Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.

The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well that it should be eaten without delay. Its finder has carried it off therefore to fulfil the ultimate destiny of a goose.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.