I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.