The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman’s love, however badly he may have treated her.
Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?’ ‘To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.’ ‘The dog did nothing in the night-time.”That was the curious incident,’ remarked Sherlock Holmes.
My dear Watson,” said [Sherlock Holmes], “I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one’s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers.
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.