Maria Mitchell

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

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

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

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

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

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind.

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.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

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

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.

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own.