More French Proverbs

Reckless youth makes rueful age.... >>

God gives the cold according to the cloth.... >>

Horses run after benefices and asses get them.... >>

Better to stumble once than be always tottering.... >>

A man who wants bread is ready for anything.... >>

Other Proverbs

Let them be birds. (Small eggs make little soup.)... (Spanish) >>

Soft fire makes sweet malt.... (English) >>

There is never a great dunghill at a sportsman's door.... (Spanish) >>

What is much desired is not believed when it comes.... (Spanish) >>

Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.... (Spanish) >>

Every one bears his cross.

- French Proverb