More French Proverbs

Money advances meacocks.... >>

He who listens at doors hears more than he desires.... >>

Lawyers' houses are built on the heads of fools.... >>

Elbow-grease is a great preventative of disease.... >>

A lame man won't walk with one who is lamer.... >>

Other Proverbs

Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.... (Spanish) >>

Take hold of a good minute.... (Spanish) >>

What does not poison fattens.... (Italian) >>

Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion.... (Spanish) >>

Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin... (Spanish) >>

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.

- French Proverb