More French Proverbs

Don't talk Latin before the Franciscans.... >>

You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.... >>

Soft words don't scotch the tongue.... >>

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.... >>

Only he who does nothing makes a mistake.... >>

Other Proverbs

Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.... (Chinese) >>

Never ask pardon before you are accused.... (Spanish) >>

A morsel eaten selfishly does not gain a friend.... (Spanish) >>

God helps the early riser.... (Spanish) >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

A kick from a mare never hurt a horse.

- French Proverb