[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.

Liberty is worth paying for.

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.