Maria Mitchell
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Maria MitchellEvery formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.
Maria MitchellPeople have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
Maria MitchellYesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and to-day a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.
Maria MitchellI am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.
Maria MitchellThe world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!
Maria MitchellThe Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
Maria MitchellI am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.
Maria MitchellI 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.
Maria MitchellI was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.
Maria MitchellTo read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.
Maria MitchellThe 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.
Maria MitchellWe have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us; and the more we gain, the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.
Maria Mitchell