As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme

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.

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!

What one man can think, another man can do.

It is not new continents the earth needs, but new men.

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.