My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.Sherlock Holmes
I never guess. It is a shocking habit—destructive to the logical faculty.Sherlock Holmes
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.Sherlock Holmes
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.Sherlock Holmes
What one man can invent, another can discover.Sherlock Holmes
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.Dr. John Watson
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.Sherlock Holmes
There is nothing like first-hand evidence.Sherlock Holmes
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.Sherlock Holmes
There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.Sherlock Holmes
Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.Sherlock Holmes
When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.Sherlock Holmes
There are unexplored possibilities about everyone. Women, of course, are particularly obvious examples of this.Sherlock Holmes
I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.Sherlock Holmes
Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing.Sherlock Holmes