Book: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

No accident is not acceptable when the stakes become diplomatic interests.

No one likes to talk with strangers about their family Affairs.

... the best way to get to the bottom of things - to tell his circumstances to someone else.

Fantasy is still better than the fog in my head.

I'm not timid. However, to ignore the danger threatening you - it's more stupidity than bravery.

Oh, how much evil in the world, and worst of all, when evil deeds makes a smart man!

The person must furnish the attic of his brain that he might need, and the knowledge it needs to be folded into a closet at the library where they can get hold of them in case of need.

- The ideal philosopher - he said, - examined from all sides isolated fact, can be traced not only all the chain of events, which he is, but also all the consequences that follow.

I like math. Me is one: the correct solution of difficult tasks, and how this decision will affect people, I'm really quite indifferent.