"The very atmosphere of the room seemed to be impregnated with the spirit of crime."

"The easiest way to make a man a fool is to give him an opinion and then contradict it."

"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."

"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine o…"