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

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

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

“On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.”

“Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!"My over-excitement was beyond all description.”

“One friend is always sacrificed to the other in friendship.”

“When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.”