Antoine Lavoisier

Experiments must be conducted with rigor and precision.

The names of the simple substances should express their nature.

Oxygen is the vital principle of respiration.

All the phenomena of combustion are due to the fixation of oxygen.

The balance of weights must be preserved in all chemical operations.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

I am passionate about the progress of science.

The French Revolution has shown the fragility of human institutions.

Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.

It will not take you long to cut off a head.

Happiness is found in the pursuit of knowledge.

The soul of chemistry is measurement.

Nature does nothing without purpose.

Precision in observation is the foundation of discovery.

The acid principle is essential to all salts.

Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

Caloric is the cause of heat.

The phlogiston theory is a phantom.

Elements are the last point which analysis is capable of reaching.

Chemistry owes its origin and progress to the phenomena of combustion.