Jules Verne

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

In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.

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

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.

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description.

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.

It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite.

Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.