Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf.

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

The wisest man may be a blind father.

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