Sherlock Holmes - Sayings

“I fear,” said Holmes, “that if the matter is beyond humanity it is certainly beyond me. Yet we must exhaust all natural explanations before we fall back upon such a theory as this.”
“It won’t do, Watson!” said he with a laugh. “Let us walk along the cliffs together and search for flint arrows. We are more likely to find them than clues to this problem. To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson — all else will come.”

“Let us get a firm grip of the very little which we do know, so that when fresh facts arise we may be ready to fit them into their places.”

“I followed you.”
“I saw no one.”
“That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”