'It is my business to know things. Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others overlook.'

'To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.'

'When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'

'There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.'

'My dear Watson, I owe you a thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected.'

'It is a capital mistake to theory before one has data.'

'Data, data, data! I cannot make bricks without clay.'

'Really, Watson, you excel yourself,' said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette.

'The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!'

'There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.'

'Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.'

'It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes