“It is all in the way of professional experience.- Sherlock Holmes”

“I'm not sure about whether I shall go. 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. ~ Sherlock Holmes”

“I abhour the dull routine of existence" - Sherlock Holmes”

“No ghosts need apply. - Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]”

“I am lost without my Boswell.[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]”

“you know a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick and if I show too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all." -Sherlock Holmes”