Chance favours a prepared mind.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only…
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!)…
eclair: a cake, long in shape but short in duration.
from http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur there is an “only” in the original French that gives the quote a very different meaning.
Dans les champs de l’observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.