Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray.

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new

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.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

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