We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.
Maria MitchellLet us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.
Maria MitchellThere is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.
Maria Mitchell