It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.

As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

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

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

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.