More French Proverbs

Pick and choose, and take the worst.... >>

He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin.... >>

A house ready made and a wife to make.... >>

A covetous woman deserves a swindling gallant.... >>

A foolish judge passes brief sentence.... >>

Other Proverbs

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.... (English) >>

Large thongs of another man's leather.... (Spanish) >>

Even the best writer has to erase.... (Spanish) >>

Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.... (Spanish) >>

He who does what he likes, does not what he ought.... (Spanish) >>

A fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them.

- French Proverb