Antoine Lavoisier — "It is not by chance that I have succeeded, but by hard work and perseverance."

"I shall be happy if my work contributes to the progress of the sciences, and to the well-being of mankind."

"It is impossible for me to write anything without feeling myself inspired by a sort of scientific enthusiasm."

"I have lived long enough to be certain that the world will not be ready for my discoveries until at least a hundred years after my death."

"We may lay it down as an incontestible axiom, that, in all the operations of art and nature, nothing is created; an equal quantity of matter exists both before and after the experiment; the quality an…"

"Science advances by correcting its errors."