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.

We affirm the neutrality of Science ... Science is of no country. ... But if Science has no country, the scientist must keep in mind all that may work towards the glory of his country. In every great scientist will be found a great patriot.

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.

The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the below things. They are the ones who gave us one of the most beautiful words in our language, the word enthusiasm.

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.

It would seem to me that I was committing a theft if I were to let one day go by without doing some work.

One must not assume that an understanding of science is present in those who borrow the language