Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily.

I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager? Queen Victoria: I do! I've got 20 quid riding on you

It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

Anything a man can imagine, another can create

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