Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"I wanted to protect my professorial dignity and not lay myself open to laughter from the Americans, who when they do laugh, laugh raucously"

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

"God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable."

Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea