Moral Activity? There Is Scarcely Such A

I Never Lose An Opportunity Of Urging A Practical Beginning, However Small, For It Is Wonderful How Often In Such Matters The Mustard-seed Germinates And Roots Itself.

Nursing Is One Of The Fine Arts: I Had Almost Said, The Finest Of Fine Arts.

Women Never Have A Half-hour In All Their Lives (excepting Before Or After Anybody Is Up In The House) That They Can Call Their Own, Without Fear Of Offending Or Of Hurting Someone. Why Do People Sit Up So Late, Or, More Rarely, Get Up So Early? Not Because The Day Is Not Long Enough, But Because They Have 'no Time In The Day To Themselves.' 1852

Unnecessary Noise Is The Most Cruel Abuse Of Care Which Can Be Inflicted On Either The Sick Or The Well.

Never Underestimate The Healing Effects Of Beauty.