“Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.”

“My dear fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more.- Holmes, to Watson.”

“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.”

“So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.”

“Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...)”

“There are no fools so troublesome as those of the mind”

“The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.”