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

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.

All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?' she asked. I pointed towards the centre of the earth. 'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the old servant. 'No,' I said, 'farther down than that.

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