I think that I had better go, Holmes." "Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

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.

I have discovered that some people are wealthier than others not because of their superior intelligence but because of their abundant mindset.

Treat Yourself....You Deserve it!

In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.

Two of the guys that were honorary Vampires - Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix - had already died at 27. And they were certainly archangels in our group.

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

Were we a rational society, a virtue of which we have rarely been accused, we would husband our oil and gas resources.

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.

I said, “I just want to know you and then disappear.” She said, “Knowing me does not mean dying.