You will travel in a Land of Marvels

Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.

Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

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.