"I am not a believer in women's rights, but I am a believer in women'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."

"Unnecessary noise is the cruelest absence of care that can be inflicted on the sick or well."

"The most important thing in life is to have a purpose."

"Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is that they are always in a muddle."