1。One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.
2。It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery
3。It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
4。There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact
5。I never make an exception. An exception disproves the rule
6。You see, but you do not observe
7。Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore, it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
8。Any truth is better than indefinite doubt
9。In solving a problem of this sort, the grant thing is to be able to reason backwards
10。The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be
11。Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it
12。I never guess. It is a shocking habit
13。Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace
14。It is my business to know things. Perhaps, I have trained myself to see what others overlook.
15。You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant
16。Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
2。It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery
3。It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
4。There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact
5。I never make an exception. An exception disproves the rule
6。You see, but you do not observe
7。Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore, it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
8。Any truth is better than indefinite doubt
9。In solving a problem of this sort, the grant thing is to be able to reason backwards
10。The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be
11。Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it
12。I never guess. It is a shocking habit
13。Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace
14。It is my business to know things. Perhaps, I have trained myself to see what others overlook.
15。You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant
16。Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.