#treasure

The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off the treasure! How's that?" "On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside," said Holmes. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#irony #murder #mystery #sherlock #sherlock-holmes

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. ↗

— Lord Byron

#moralist #out #pleasure #pour #sages

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#golden #hid #hinges #inside #key

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#divine #relics #something #treasured

And every now and then people find the bugs, and they interpret those as cool failures in the Sims terms. For them it's like a treasure hunt, you know. ↗

— Will Wright

#cool #every #failures #find #hunt

People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it. ↗

— Mark Goddard

#doll #general #give #give me #i

Christ's riches are unsearchable, and this doctrine of the gospel is the field this treasure is hidden in. ↗

— Thomas Goodwin

#doctrine #field #gospel #hidden #riches

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture. ↗

— Zane Grey

#even #go #i #into #mine

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#compassion #courage #destroy #disaster #even

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#been #cash #church #down #heaven