软件工程的目标是控制复杂性，而不是制造复杂性。
The goal of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.
预测未来的最好方法就是发明它。
在京都做官已经很长时间了，却没有高明谋略去辅佐君王。虽然有临川羡鱼的美好愿望，但等河水清不知要到哪一年。
Though the water running in the fountain be every one's, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
可持续性必须有利可图，否则它就无法持续。
"The past is always tense, the future perfect."