When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.
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 a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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.
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.
There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.