The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a boo… - Jules Verne

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

I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!

Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days. To do this he had employed every means of conveyance — steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading-vessels, sledges, elephants. The eccentric gentleman had throughout displayed all his marvellous qualities of coolness and exactitude. But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey? Nothing, say you? 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?