"The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe and how to observe."

"I am not a bit changed or improved, but I have a great many new things to say."

"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."

"Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it."

"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."