It is the small men and not the great who hold their noses in the air.
His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.
Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.
I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake. - Watson
I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.
There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.