- Sherlock Holmes: There should be no combination of events for which the wit of man cannot conceive an explanation.
- Sherlock Holmes: Really, Watson, you are scintillating this morning.
- Dr. Watson: Once again, Holmes, you've deliberately held me at arm's length. I really think you might treat me with a little more frankness.
- Sherlock Holmes: My profession would be a drab and sordid one, Watson, if I did not sometimes set the scene to glorify the results.
- Dr. Watson: You have a peculiar secretive streak in you, Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes: The only safe plotter is he who plots alone.
- Dr. Watson: Thank you for that vote of confidence.
- Dr. Watson: Is it Bach you're playing?
- Sherlock Holmes: I prefer German music when I feel introspective.
- Sherlock Holmes: How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- Sherlock Holmes: When all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.