What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word 'love' frightens me.
I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.
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.