More French Proverbs

He is a horse with four white feet (i.e., he is unlucky).... >>

A hook's well lost to catch a salmon.... >>

Take a woman's first advice and not her second.... >>

He who grasps too much holds not firmly.... >>

He is a fool who makes a mallet of his fist.... >>

Other Proverbs

A blow with a reed makes a noise but hurts not.... (Spanish) >>

With bread and wine you can walk your road.... (Spanish) >>

The busy fly is in every man's dish.... (Spanish) >>

Leave the jest at its best.... (Spanish) >>

Husband, don't see; wife, be blind.... (Spanish) >>

A little sheep always seems young.

- French Proverb