An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.

It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.

No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me.

The wisest man may be a blind father.