By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it.

Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

do not engage in any paper wars. You will convince nobody and arrive at no satisfaction yourself.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

A nurse is to maintain the air within the room as fresh as the air without, without lowering the temperature.

The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.

No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.