"The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower."

"The amount of good which a man can do to mankind can never be measured by the amount of money he gives."

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

"The world is put back by every mistake and advanced by every truth."

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."