"Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition – of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can."

"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."

"The world is big enough for us all."

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."