“They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.”
—A Study in Scarlet
“So you see our savage friend was very orthodox in his ritual. It is grotesque, Watson, but, as I have had occasion to remark, there is but one step from the grotesque to the horrible.”
—The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
“I can afford to laugh, because I know I will be even with them in the long run.”
—A Study in Scarlet
“He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer on the jew’s-harp.”
—The Adventure of the Empty House
“You owe a very humble apology to that noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to have one.”
—The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
“I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times.”
—A Study in Scarlet
“A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation.”
—The Hound of the Baskervilles
“There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men. Be one of them and you will know all that there is to know.”
—A Scandal in Bohemia
