A Traveller, Lost On A Desert Plain,

The Phrase ‘popular Science’ Has In Itself A Touch Of Absurdity. That Knowledge Which Is Popular Is Not Scientific.

No Woman Should Say, "i Am But A Woman!" But A Woman! What More Can You Ask To Be?

To 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.

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.

As A General Rule, People Disappoint You As You Know Them.