Ten great quotes or proverbs

1.When saving for old age,be sure to put away a few pleasant thoughts.-Anonymous
2.He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.-Chinese proverb
3.To govern mankind,one must not overrate them.-Lord Chesterfield
4.To compare is not to prove.-French proverb
5.Write a little everyday,without hope,without despair.-Isak Dinesen
6.Ideas are,in truth,forces.Infinite,too,is the power of personality.A union of the two always makes history.-Henry James
7.Do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path,and leave a trail.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
8.I never lecture,not because I am shy or a bad speaker,but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.-H.L.Mencken
9.A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.-Gertrude Stein.
10.As always art is the pulse of a nation.-Gertrude Stein