More French Proverbs

To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.... >>

Lawyers' houses are built of fools' heads.... >>

'Tis a long day a day without bread.... >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>

A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.... >>

Other Proverbs

When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave.... (Spanish) >>

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults... (Greek) >>

It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.... (Spanish) >>

The worst ewe dungs in the milking-pail.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to beat a dog, say he eat your iron.... (Spanish) >>

A churl never liked a gentleman.

- French Proverb