Simon Knott:
'The wages of sin, Watson - the wages of sin!'
Simon Knott:
'Interesting, though elementary'
Simon Knott:
'They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!'
Simon Knott:
'Any truth is better than indefinite doubt'
Simon Knott:
'She is the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet.'
Simon Knott:
'Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.'
Simon Knott:
'I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.'
Simon Knott:
'It is quite a three-pipe problem.'
Simon Knott:
'You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.'
Simon Knott:
'Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department.'
Simon Knott:
'There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.'
Simon Knott:
'Always look at the hands first, Watson. Then the cuffs, trouser-knees and boots.'
Simon Knott:
'My dear fellow, you must trust me implicitly and do exactly what I tell you.'
Simon Knott:
'Good, Watson! You always keep us flat-footed on the ground.'
Simon Knott:
'Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour does not help the palate.'
Simon Knott:
'Malingering is a subject upon which I have sometimes thought of writing a monograph.'
Simon Knott:
'There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.'
Simon Knott:
'There is but one step from the grotesque to the horrible.'
Simon Knott:
'There is something devilish in this, Watson'.
Simon Knott:
'You mean well, Watson. Shall I demonstrate your own ignorance?'
Simon Knott:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930