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Art in the blood is liable to take the strongest forms

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On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I fin...more

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That's rather a broad idea," I remarked. "One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature," he answered.

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The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there, And warmly debated the matter; The Orthodox said that it came from the air, And the Heretics said fro...more

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I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson," said he. "When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long one you use a h...more

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The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

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Some friend of yours, perhaps?""Except yourself I have none," he answered. "I do not encourage visitors.

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You know, Watson, I don't mind confessing to you that I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal. --Sherlock Holmes

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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special fe...more

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Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

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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 ...more

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Now, Watson," said he, "we have picked up two clues this morning. One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that has led to. The other ...more

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As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just...more

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When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

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We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.