Without Execution, Thinking Is Mere Idleness.

Apt Analogies Are Among The Most Formidable Weapons Of The Rhetorician.

History With Its Flickering Lamp Stumbles Along The Trail Of The Past, Trying To Reconstruct Its Scenes, To Revive Its Echoes, And Kindle With Pale Gleams The Passion Of Former Days.

Do Not Let Spacious Plans For A New World Divert Your Energies From Saving What Is Left Of The Old.

For My Part, I Consider That It Will Be Found Much Better By All Parties To Leave The Past To History, Especially As I Propose To Write That History Myself.

Young People At Universities Study To Achieve Knowledge And Not To Learn A Trade. We Must All Learn How To Support Ourselves, But We Must Also Learn How To Live. We Need A Lot Of Engineers In The Modern World, But We Do Not Want A World Of Modern Engineers.