The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.
A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's
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.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
