“It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.”

“The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow. Look out of this window, Watson. See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and then blend once more into the cloudbank. The thief or the murderer could roam London on such a day as the tiger does the jungle, unseen until he pounces, and then evident only to his victim. There have been numerous petty thefts. This great and sombre stage is set for something more worthy than that. It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.”

“Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.”

“I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.”

“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”

“While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it.While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”