The grandeur of the acts of men are measured by the inspiration from which they spring.

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

The controls of life are structured as forms and nuclear arrangements, in a relation with the motions of the universe.

Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.

Science brings men nearer to God.

These three things-work, will, success-fill human existences. Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. Work passes these doors, and at the end of the journey success comes in to crown one's efforts.

I have the faith of a Breton peasant and by the time I die I hope to have the faith of a Breton peasant's wife.