As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!

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

When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.

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

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