The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.

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

Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!

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

Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

The wisest man may be a blind father.