The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two, who had never seen each other before that day, between whom no word or even look of affection had ever passed, and yet now in an hour of trouble our hands instinctively sought for each other.

when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Il n’y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l’esprit!”

There are no fools so difficult to deal with as those who have some measure of intelligence (esprit). There is no fool more troublesome than one of an intelligent mind.

‘Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen.’

We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends.