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

A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character.

If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.

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

Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

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