I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

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

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.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

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.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.