Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch.

Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.

All disease, at some period or other of its course, is more or less a reparative process, not necessarily accompanied with suffering: an effort of nature to remedy a process of poisoning or of decay, which has taken place weeks, months, sometimes years beforehand, unnoticed.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

[On Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He was a most disagreeable companion to my fancy ... His conversation was a procession of one.

Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.