Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man. – Jules Verne
Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand. – Jules Verne
Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other. – Jules Verne
How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad – simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant! – Jules Verne
In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York! – Jules Verne
Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all. – Jules Verne
It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it. – Jules Verne
On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality! – Jules Verne
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future. – Jules Verne
It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness. – Jules Verne
Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long since lost all its vital heat. – Jules Verne
It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain. – Jules Verne
I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching, and yet, so strange is imagination, all I thought of was some childish hypothesis or other. In such circumstances, you do not choose your own thoughts. They overcome you. – Jules Verne
You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it. – Jules Verne
As long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair. – Jules Verne
Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament. – Jules Verne
I have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye. – Jules Verne