Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
Dogs don't make mistakes.
The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
You see, but you do not observe.
Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.
A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.
Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
Even the best of us are thrown off some- times.
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
Anything is better than stagnation.
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.
There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
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