"I have no time for tears. I have work to do."

"The greatest lesson I have learned is that life is short, and we must make the most of it."

"A man who is a man is not afraid of a woman's work."

"Nature alone cures. What nursing has to do is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him."

"I am of the opinion that there are very few things which an intelligent mind may not make more intelligible to another."