The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls.

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.