More French Proverbs

May chickens come cheeping.... >>

The noise is so great one cannot hear God thunder.... >>

Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.... >>

Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves.... >>

Never send a boy to do a man's job.... >>

Other Proverbs

You don't put robbers to work in a bank.... (American) >>

Even a sick man shuns death.... (Spanish) >>

Never give advice unless asked... (Arab) >>

He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feath... (Spanish) >>

An ounce of state to a pound of gold.... (Spanish) >>

He is a thief indeed who robs a thief.

- French Proverb