Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they are from us, are perfectly well understood, the laws of the human mind, which are under our observation all day and every day, are no better understood than they were two thousand years ago.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

The night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power.

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

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