"I am not a philosopher, I am a practical woman."

"Oh, for some work in the world! It has been given to me to suffer and to serve."

"I can only say, that if I had had a free choice, I should have been a man."

"Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended, at all events, to take in the whole sick population."

"The best way to get things done is to stop talking and start doing."