I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

Let 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.

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.

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

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.