1、There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
2、Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
3、What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.
4、The more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
5、将异常的东西和神秘混淆起来是十分错误的。(血字的研究)
6、It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
7、没有什么比一个显而易见的事实更能迷惑人了。(博斯科姆比溪谷秘案)
8、在解决这类问题时,先前假定的观点必须能够向前回溯成立。(血字的研究)
9、In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.
10、There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
11、我从不假设例外,例外会打破调查的原则。(or我向来不作任何例外,定律没有例外。)(四签名)
12、I never guess. It is a shocking habit – destructive to the logical faculty."
13、排除一切不可能的,剩下的即使再不可能,那也是真相。(四签名)
14、在这个世界上,你到底做了些什么,这到无关紧要。重要的是,你如何使别人相信你做了些什么。(血字的研究)
15、没有比平凡的事物更不寻常,更值得研究的了。(身份案)
16、If you precise destruction, in the public interest, I am willing to accept death.
17、任何确实得到的事实都要强于不确定的猜测。(黄面人)
18、One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. It is the first rule of criminal investigation.
19、越是稀奇古怪的东西,通常包含隐密的成分越少。(红发会)
20、When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
21、犯罪是普遍的,而逻辑是难得的东西。因此,你详细记述的应该是逻辑而不是罪行。(桐山毛榉案)