Averages ... seduce us away from minute observation.

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

Never give nor take an excuse.

Bismarck was a large persian cat owned by Florence Nightingale.

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

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

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