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21 " Defend them with your life. "
― Ransom Riggs , The Sherlock Holmes Handbook
22 " It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask . . . the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. "
23 " Stick by old friends, whatever their infirmities "
24 " frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” —Sherlock Holmes, “The Copper Beeches "
25 " Don’t assume that all children can be trusted. A child with reason to hurt you will do so without hesitation and without the troublesome moral compunction of a like-minded adult. "
26 " I would not tell them too much,” said Holmes. “Women are never to be entirely trusted – not the best of them.” —The Sign of the Four "
27 " love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things. I should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment. "
28 " Always be a gentleman. Although Holmes often expressed his distrust (and occasionally even his dislike) of women, Watson writes of his “remarkable gentleness and courtesy” when dealing with them and notes with some amazement that his “ingratiating” manner made it easy for women to confide in him. "
29 " Always keep your mind occupied. “To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine,” Holmes says in “The Devil’s Foot.” “It racks itself to pieces. "