With time and thought, one can do a good job.

With time and thought, one can do a good job.

Jules Verne

Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily.

Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily.

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.

Aures habent et non audient They have ears but hear not

Aures habent et non audient They have ears but hear not

You will travel in a Land of Marvels

You will travel in a Land of Marvels

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.

Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.

Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

What you do for money you do badly.

What you do for money you do badly.

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.