Never give nor take an excuse.

Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

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

diseases, as all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun substantives.

Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.