There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

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?

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

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

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

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