More French Proverbs

He was born with a caul.... >>

Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure.... >>

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.... >>

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

He who lives long knows what pain is.... >>

Other Proverbs

He that has an hour's start will not be hanged.... (Spanish) >>

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.... (English) >>

From that dust comes this mud.... (Spanish) >>

It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.... (Spanish) >>

Between two stools one falls to the ground.... (Spanish) >>

Great boasters, little doers.

- French Proverb