I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.

In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.

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

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

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

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

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