Sherlock Holmes - Sayings

“Even so trivial a matter as cooking an egg demands an attention which is conscious of the passage of time.”
“The interesting personality of the accused does not obscure the clearness of the evidence.”

“I can discover facts, Watson, but I cannot change them.”

“We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.”

“Where a crime is coolly premeditated, then the means of covering it are coolly premeditated also.”

“When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.”

“If you will find the facts, perhaps others may find the explanation.”

“One drawback of an active mind is that one can always conceive alternative explanations which would make our scent a false one.”

“It is easy to be wise after the event.”