A Study in Silks

Not that Dr Watson wasn't benign - he was one of the best souls in the Empire - but a man didn't get to be her uncle's right-hand man without a good uppercut and the stamina of a draft horse.

That's the trouble with gathering truth. It's never neat and tidy...

Finding a proper husband is rather like selecting a hound. They all have more bark than bite, my girl. One day you'll look across the breakfast table and realize the only option is obedience training. -Grandmamma Holmes

No one except Sherlock Holmes thought he should be going anywhere, least of all his long-suffering doctor, but the game was afoot.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. —Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by John H. Watson, M.D., “The Adventure of the Yellow Face

I never took you for the defender of Sunday picnics and tea at five

A man needs an antidote to boredom. A man needs ambition. To do what?

School did prepare a young person for life, but never in the ways parents expected.

Pessimism is the basis of all sound expectations. If you foresee nothing good, no outrage can shock you.