“For the love of his art”

“His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.”

“I love and am loved by a better man than he.”

“Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation. Then he broke into a low laugh and put his lips to my ear."It is a nice household," he murmured. "That is the baboon.”

“The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.”

“Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.”

“It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs”