More French Proverbs

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

He that is too much in haste, may stumble on a good road.... >>

He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.... >>

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

There's no need to grease the fat pig's rump.... >>

Other Proverbs

Man can't live in this world alone.... (American) >>

It is not the load but the overload that kills.... (Spanish) >>

One may have good eyes and yet see nothing.... (Italian) >>

My teeth are nearer than my kindred.... (Spanish) >>

If you would live healthy, be old early.... (Spanish) >>

A mansion pulled down is half built up again.

- French Proverb