People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear. – Maria Mitchell
I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. – Maria Mitchell

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear. – Maria Mitchell
I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. – Maria Mitchell
We travel to learn and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. – Maria Mitchell
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good. – Maria Mitchell