"I am not a bit afraid of my own death, but I am very much afraid of my patients' deaths."

"I use the word 'cause' because I have a 'cause'."

"The lady with the lamp is a very pretty picture; but I am not a lady with a lamp. I am a ministering angel."

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

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