A fistful of proverbs and quotes

1.The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.-H.T.Leslie
2.Things wone are done;joy's soul lies in the doing.-Shakespeare
3.A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit.-Italian proverb
4.To attract good fortune,spend a new coin on an old friend,share an old pleasure with a new friend,and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the
wings of a dragon.-Chinese proverb
5.The belly rules the mind.-Spanish proverb
6.The ornaments of a house are the guests who frequent it.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
7.Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me,but deep down I know that's not true.Some smaller countries are neutral.-Robert Orben
8.Without rice,even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.-Chinese proverb
9.An excess of courtesy is a discourtesy.-Japanese proverb
10.Of course scientists have been told to be socially responsible.Of course,I think society ought to be scientifically responsible as all.-Sydney Brenner,Nobel Laureate