More French Proverbs

The wit one wants spoils what one has.... >>

No man is a prophet in his own country.... >>

One candle for St. Michael, and another for his devil.... >>

Nothing is more like an honest man than a rogue.... >>

One flower will not make a garland.... >>

Other Proverbs

There's no argument like that of the stick.... (Spanish) >>

Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a Sunday.... (Spanish) >>

The boy is father to the man.... (Spanish) >>

Skilled hands eat trouts.... (Spanish) >>

Talk as you go, husband, to the gallows.... (Spanish) >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.

- French Proverb