Sherlock Holmes - Sayings

“I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain.” said he. “Results without causes are much more impressive.”
“....case which presents those unusual and outre features which are as dear to you as they are to me.”

“Human nature is a strange mixture, Watson. You see that even a villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited.”