"The Sign of Four" Quotes
In "The Sign of Four," Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson unravel a complex mystery involving a hidden treasure, betrayal, and a pact among four convicts.
classics | 129 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.
You know my methods. Apply them.
There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.
I abhor the dull routine of existence.
Women are never to be entirely trusted—not the best of them.
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?
Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers.
I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
