More French Proverbs

Honest poverty is thinly sown.... >>

A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.... >>

Every elm has its man.... >>

Every to-morrow brings its bread.... >>

Every one bears his cross.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't bite off more than you can chew.... (Spanish) >>

One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.... (Spanish) >>

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anyth... (Spanish) >>

Every animal knows more than you do... (Miscellaneous Prover) >>

He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothin... (Spanish) >>

All his geese are swans.

- French Proverb