Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

Your success can’t be measured by anyone else. You have to set your own goals and do what gives you a sense of fulfillment.

Looking with eyes of love is about not only looking, but seeing.

When you build relationships, you get to share your beliefs. It gives you the opportunity to share your faith with other people.

Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.

Life is to short to be little.

Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding.

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.