It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart.

Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.

A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters - and the battle must go on.

His response was remarkable for its irrelevance, if for nothing else.

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you.

I'd like to live every moment of my life, but not a moment after.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.