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.

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.

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.

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

There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, - in God's good time

As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.