My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.

I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.

How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.

Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.

Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.