We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master.

I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.

Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.

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

A want of the habit of observing and an inveterate habit of taking averages are each of them often equally misleading.