More French Proverbs

The early bird catches the early worm.... >>

Every potter vaunts his own pot.... >>

In calm water every ship has a good captain.... >>

He that stumbles and falls not, mends his pace.... >>

If a man would learn to pray let him go often to sea.... >>

Other Proverbs

Better is the smoke of my own house than the fire of another... (Spanish) >>

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.... (American) >>

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.... (English) >>

There is no worse apprentice than the one who doesn't want t... (Spanish) >>

When you are an anvil, bear; when you are a hammer, strike.... (Spanish) >>

By dint of going wrong all will come right.

- French Proverb