Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

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.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!

The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.