Maria Mitchell
A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.Collection: Travel
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.Collection: Brother
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.Collection: Said
Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.Collection: Book
A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.Collection: Boys
An English village could never be mistaken for an American one: the outline against the sky differs; a thatched cottage makes a very wavy line on the blue above.Collection: Blue