Dr. John Watson

"I am not quite so dense as you make me out to be."

"Holmes is a law unto himself."

"This is indeed a mystery."

"I have nothing to do today. My practice is never very absorbing."

"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."

"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time."

"I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever lived."

"The unofficial force—the Baker Street irregulars."

"Evil acts of the most sinister kind may be wrought by seemingly innocent hands."

"The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

"This is indeed a mystery. What do you make of these footprints?"

"He has a certain dignity of bearing and a certain severity of expression."

"The red-headed men of Great Britain were much agitated by this announcement."

"The curious incident of the missing painting has all the hallmarks of a most sinister affair."

"I wonder if they could not have fixed an older man."

"I have my eye upon a suite of rooms in Montague Street."

"You appear to be a man of some philosophical turn of mind."

"I should be the maddest of men if I did not guard and cherish such a wife."

"The morning brought fresh evidence of the truth of my conjectures."

"What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear?"

"I could not imagine a more perfect spot for a ghostly vigil."

"Such is life. Amusing little mysteries intersect our way."

"A very singular case indeed, and one which will be of interest to all students of crime."

"An experience of the past few years has left me with a feeling of horror at the secrets which may be hidden behind a smiling and beautiful exterior."

"My practice has extended recently into the country, which has enabled me to answer your request."

"It has all the hallmarks of those incidents which may be the prelude to some darker and more sinister development."

"Do you know what it means to find ourselves in such a position?"

"My old companion and I have come through some pretty tight places together."

"Holmes was not a man to be easily discouraged."

"I had come to a time when I was sick of the drab existence of crime cases."