There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, - in God's good time

From the moment they had left the Earth, their own weight, and that of the Projectile and the objects therein contained, had been undergoing a progressive diminution. . . . Of course, it is quite clear, that this decrease could not be indicated by an ordinary scales, as the weight to balance the object would have lost precisely as much as the object itself. But a spring balance, for instance, in which the tension of the coil is independent of attraction, would have readily given the exact equivalent of the loss.

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

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

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

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.