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.
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 MitchellI saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own.
Maria Mitchell