"The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower."

"The craving for sympathy from others is a great weakness, for it makes us dependent upon them."

"I am sure I have a call, though I don't know for what service."

"The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed."

"The lady with the lamp is a very pretty picture; but I am not a lady with a lamp. I am a ministering angel."