It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.

You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty? said he.