One that probably fits us all at one time or another comes from Petronius Arbiter in 210 BC:
We tend to meet any new challenge by reorganizing, for it gives a warm feeling while creating the illusion of progress.
The six phases of a Corporate Project:
Enthusiasm
Dissolusion
Panic
Search for the guilty
Punishment of the innocent
Praise and honors for the non-involved
I have found that a discarded pressure bladder tank from a well water system works very well for a furnace surround. Use a cardboard tube from Home Depot as the inner and fill the void with furnace cement.