“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.”

“You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?"
"No, indeed!"
"You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged."
"My dear fellow! I congrat-"
"To Milverton's housemaid."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I wanted information, Watson.”

“My dear friends, I bid you farewell as your President. I remain with you as your fellow citizen!”

“Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine.”

“To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.”

“Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my travels and my dreams. Very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggles.”

“And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.”

“Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place `the world would be!”

“I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.”

“My dear fellow, who will let you?"
"That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”