There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.
There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.
You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
The future was with Fate. The present was our own.
Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!
We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
How sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
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