"I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal." — Maria Mitchell

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

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

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

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.