“I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.”

“Let me say right here, Mr. Holmes, that money is nothing to me in this case. You can burn it if it’s any use in lighting you to the truth. This woman is innocent and this woman has to be cleared, and it’s up to you to do it. Name your figure! My professional charges are upon a fixed scale, I do not vary them, save when I remit them altogether.”

“I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you have given me credit for being.”

“I wanted to end the world, but I'll settle for ending yours.”

“I think that I had better go, Holmes.""Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.”

“I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth. Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance”

“It might have driven me mad; but I was always a pretty stubborn one, so I just held on and bided my time.”