More French Proverbs

Some sell and don't deliver.... >>

One cannot be at the oven and the mill at the same time.... >>

Where the thread is weakest it breaks.... >>

Lion-skins were never had cheap.... >>

Spare to speak and spare to speed.... >>

Other Proverbs

What my neighbour eats does my stomach no good.... (Spanish) >>

The drowning man is not troubled by rain.... (Spanish) >>

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.... (Spanish) >>

Alms never make poor.... (English) >>

Make your bargain before beginning to plow.... (Spanish) >>

A healthy man is a successful man.

- French Proverb