More French Proverbs

He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin.... >>

No lock avails against a hatchet.... >>

No man is a hero in the eyes of his valet.... >>

One can't hinder the wind from blowing.... >>

Wedlock rides in the saddle and repentance on the crupper.... >>

Other Proverbs

He to whom God gives no sons, the devil gives nephews.... (Spanish) >>

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer.... (Spanish) >>

He who has both money and bread, may choose with whom his da... (Spanish) >>

He who does good to you either dies or goes away.... (Spanish) >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

Don't make an oven of your cap or a garden of your belly.

- French Proverb