More French Proverbs

Wishes never filled the bag.... >>

Lion-skins were never had cheap.... >>

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

Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.... >>

Much kindred, much trouble.... >>

Other Proverbs

Where you think there is bacon, there are not even hooks for... (Spanish) >>

If you want to know what a ducat is worth, try to borrow one... (Spanish) >>

The cask smells of the wine it contains.... (Spanish) >>

Let no one take a pawn that eats.... (Spanish) >>

The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by... (Spanish) >>

Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.

- French Proverb