More French Proverbs

A little help does a great deal.... >>

Soon enough if well enough.... >>

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.... >>

He is a fool who makes his physician his heir.... >>

He plays well that wins.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves... (Biblical) >>

A man may hap to bring home with him what makes him weep.... (Spanish) >>

Shoot at a pigeon and kill a crow.... (Spanish) >>

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise... (Spanish) >>

A tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives.... (Spanish) >>

A door must either be open or shut.

- French Proverb