More French Proverbs

He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot.... >>

Stolen waters are sweet.... >>

One half the world laughs at the other.... >>

Who cannot work out his salvation by heart will not do it by book.... >>

Nothing stake, nothing draw.... >>

Other Proverbs

The ox comes to the yoke at the call of his feeder.... (Spanish) >>

I don't count them to you, wife, but a hog makes twelve pudd... (Spanish) >>

If the eyes don't see, the heart won't break.... (Spanish) >>

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep... (Spanish) >>

An oak is not felled at one stroke.... (Spanish) >>

He had need rise early who would please everybody.

- French Proverb