There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

The more I know, the more nearly is my faith that of the Breton peasant. Could I but know all I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman.

What did you do today to receive your instruction?

Luck favors the mind that is prepared.

Life comes only from life.

If it is a terrifying thought that life is at the mercy of the multiplication of these minute bodies [microbes], it is a consoling hope that Science will not always remain powerless before such enemies.

Science brings men nearer to God.