“It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.”

“My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.”

“Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!”

“Passepartout was astounded, and, though ready to attempt anything to get over Medicine Creek, thought the experiment proposed a little too American.”

“It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.”

“It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.”

“And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.”