I Have The Faith Of A Breton

Chance Favours A Prepared Mind.

Luck Favors The Mind That Is Prepared.

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.

Worship The Spirit Of Criticism. If Reduced To Itself It Is Not An Awakener Of Ideas Or A Stimulant To Great Things, But, Without It, Everything Is Fallible; It Always Has The Last Word.

As In The Experimental Sciences, Truth Cannot Be Distinguished From Error As Long As Firm Principles Have Not Been Established Through The Rigorous Observation Of Facts.