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

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.

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

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 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!

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.