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

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it can't be cheerful.

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.

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

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.