“Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.”

“Ned Land: I wouldn't be surprised if they were cannibals; but I can assure you they won't eat me without my having something to say about it!Conseil: Keep calm, Ned, keep calm. You're getting angry before there is any need to. We're not in the pot yet!”

“- Continuons donc notre excursion, repris-je, mais ayons l’œil aux aguets, quoique l’ile paraisse inhabitée, elle pourrait renfermer, cependant, quelques individus qui seraient moins difficiles que nous sur la nature du gibier!- He! He! Fit Ned Land, avec un mouvement de mâchoire très significatif.- Eh bien! Ned! S’écria Conseil.- Ma foi, riposta le canadien, je commence à comprendre les charmes de l’anthropophagie!- Ned! Ned! Que dites-vous la! Réplique Conseil. Vous, anthropophage! Mais je ne serai plus en sûreté près de vous, moi qui partage votre cabine! Devrai-je donc me réveiller un jour a demi dévoré?- Ami Conseil, je vous aime beaucoup, mais pas assez pour vous manger sans nécessité.”

“What you do for money you do badly.”

“The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.”

“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”

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