I don't think a being endowed with will-power should ever despair, as long as his hear beats. - Jules Verne

I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!

But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey?
Nothing, you say? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men!
Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?

But you perceive, my boy, that it is not so, and that facts, as usual, are very stubborn things, overruling all theories.