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

"The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed."

"May we never want for courage to follow the road we have chosen."

"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 very best thing in life is to have a clear purpose."