Quotes About Integrity

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.

We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

It's every man's business to see justice done.

Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegibly they may write. - Sherlock Holmes

The public, not unnaturally, goes upon the principle that he who would heal others must himself be whole.

Let me say right here, Mr. Holmes, that money is nothing to me in this case. You can burn it if it's any use in lighting you to the truth. This woman is innocent and this woman has to be cleared, and it's up to you to do it. Name your figure! My professional charges are upon a fixed scale, I do not vary them, save when I remit them altogether.

When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has the nerve and he has the knowledge.

deepest moment. Your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you are one who may safely be trusted with matters which are of an importance which can hardly be exaggerated.

But no chain is stronger than its weakest link.

What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together.

This great and sombre stage is set for something more worthy than that," said he. "It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.

I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.

There is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being

Some facts should be suppressed, or at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

No man ever crossed me and was the better for it. So many have said so, and yet here I am, said Holmes, smiling.

Just tell us the truth

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. When we refuse to see the truth that lies before us because facing it is too hard and scary for us. Because when we acknowledge that light, then we see the monsters the dark no longer hides and we are honor bound to do something to stop them.

Nothing a woman gives is worth having unless she gives it of her own free will.

You trusted me and that I would never betray. Trust, much like a woman's love and affection, and brotherly friendship, is a sacred thing, and should never be lightly given nor abused nor taken for granted.

They cannot put their stamp upon your soul

Many a woman has been fooled by a persuasive man on his best behavior," Greta said. "Some of them do have good in them. Some are bad right down to the bone.

Law enforcement all the way? It was that or become a criminal.