Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls.

Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.

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

In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

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