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.

But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?

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

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

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.

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

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.