The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

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 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.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

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