It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome

Fool. He's as bad as Watson, trying to throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the Great Detective.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

I really don’t know what to think, Mr Holmes,’ Lestrade muttered. ‘Well, that’s nothing new.

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.

Smisi di respirare. Smisi di pensare. Probabilmente smisi di fare qualunque cosa; per un lungo momento smisi di vivere.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.

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.

It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene.[An Invitation to Learning, January 1942]

I consider a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman."[Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.]

No one except Sherlock Holmes thought he should be going anywhere, least of all his long-suffering doctor, but the game was afoot.