Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world.

Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!

The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.

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.

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not

Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now.