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

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.

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.

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

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

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 had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.