“Life is the continuing intervention of the inexplicable.”

“Scientific fashions last longer than women's fashions but not as long as men's”

“Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question “how?” but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question “why?”

“If at one time or another I have brushed a few colleagues the wrong way, I must apologize: I had not realized that they were covered with fur.”

“Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.”

“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”

“Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.”