First Principle: Never To Let One's Self

I Shall Devote Only A Few Lines To The Expression Of My Belief In The Importance Of Science … It Is By This Daily Striving After Knowledge That Man Has Raised Himself To The Unique Position He Occupies On Earth, And That His Power And Well-being Have Continually Increased.

Stability Can Only Be Attained By Inactive Matter.

Radium Is Not To Enrich Any One. It Is An Element; It Is For All People.

The Various Reasons Which We Have Enumerated Lead Us To Believe That The New Radio-active Substance Contains A New Element Which We Propose To Give The Name Of Radium.

I Have No Dress Except The One I Wear Every Day. If You Are Going To Be Kind Enough To Give Me One, Please Let It Be Practical And Dark So That I Can Put It On Afterwards To Go To The Laboratory.