A Mathematician, Like A Painter Or Poet,

As History Proves Abundantly, Mathematical Achievement, Whatever Its Intrinsic Worth, Is The Most Enduring Of All.

A Person’s First Duty, A Young Person’s At Any Rate, Is To Be Ambitious, And The Noblest Ambition Is That Of Leaving Behind Something Of Permanent Value.

The Public Does Not Need To Be Convinced That There Is Something In Mathematics.

A Science Or An Art May Be Said To Be "useful" If Its Development Increases, Even Indirectly, The Material Well-being And Comfort Of Men, It Promotes Happiness, Using That Word In A Crude And Commonplace Way.

The Fact Is There Are Few More Popular Subjects Than Mathematics. Most People Have Some Appreciation Of Mathematics, Just As Most People Can Enjoy A Pleasant Tune.