A Study In Scarlet

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”

kith nor kin

“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.

he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of her beauty.

“You amaze me, Holmes,”

here, there, and everywhere

have their knives into one another,

point-blank question

you can unravel some knot

“you should never neglect a chance, however small it may seem.”