Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf.

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!

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

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

The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.

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