Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry.

I propose to provide proof... that just as always an alcoholic ferment, the yeast of beer, is found where sugar is converted into alcohol and carbonic acid, so always a special ferment, a lactic yeast, is found where sugar is transformed into lactic acid. And, furthermore, when any plastic nitrogenated substance is able to transform sugar into that acid, the reason is that it is a suitable nutrient for the growth of the [lactic] ferment.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries

Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

Analogy cannot serve as proof.