I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)

God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

Subtlety chases the obvious up a never-ending spiral and never quite catches it.

I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls.