It Is A Capital Mistake To Theorize

I Am The Most Incurably Lazy Devil That Ever Stood In Shoe Leather.

The More Featureless And Commonplace A Crime Is, The More Difficult It Is To Bring It Home.

But Love Is An Emotional Thing, And Whatever Is Emotional Is Opposed To That True Cold Reason Which I Place Above All Things.

I Suppose I Shall Have To Compound A Felony As Usual.

In The Year 1878 I Took My Degree Of Doctor Of Medicine Of The University Of London, And Proceeded To Netley To Go Through The Course Prescribed For Surgeons In The Army. Having Completed My Studies There, I Was Duly Attached To The Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers As Assistant Surgeon.