More French Proverbs

To know a man well one must have eaten a bushel of salt with him.... >>

The blade wears out the sheath.... >>

Money makes the mare to go.... >>

The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds.... >>

People take more pains to be damned than to be saved.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't scuffle with the potter, for he makes money by the dam... (Spanish) >>

When they offer you a ring, hold out your finger.... (Spanish) >>

Sense comes with age.... (Spanish) >>

If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.... (Spanish) >>

God gives almonds to one who has no teeth.... (Spanish) >>

He is past preaching to who does not care to do well.

- French Proverb