Sublime

“how facts obscure the truth. I may be silly—in fact, I’m off my head—but I never could believe in that man—what’s his name, in those capital stories?—Sherlock Holmes. Every detail points to something, certainly; but generally to the wrong thing. Facts point in all directions, it seems to me, like the thousands of twigs on a tree. It’s only the lif

"I think you want a little unofficial help. Three undetected murders in one year won't do, Lestrade. But you handled the Molesey Mystery with less than your usual — that's to say, you handled it fairly well."

“No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove.

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

Having induced several hypotheses, Holmes eliminated them one by one in order to deduce (by elimination) the correct one.

finger. All this is amusing, though rather elementary, but I must go back to business, Watson.

Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable,

He [Doyle] created a shrewd, quick-sighted, inquisitive man...with plenty of spare time, a retentive memory, and perhaps with the best gift of all - the power of unloading the mind of all burden of trying to remember unnecessary details.

“To the man who loves art for its own sake,”