I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.

The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.

That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.