More French Proverbs

There never was a banquet so sumptuous but some one dined ill at it.... >>

He that corrects not youth, controls not age.... >>

He who stops at every stone never gets to his journey's end.... >>

He carries fire in one hand, water in the other.... >>

He who carries nothing loses nothing.... >>

Other Proverbs

Like a collier's sack, bad without and worse within.... (Spanish) >>

Plough or not plough, you must pay your rent.... (Spanish) >>

If they say you are good, ask you self if it be true.... (Spanish) >>

He who promises incurs a debt.... (Spanish) >>

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.... (Spanish) >>

He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death.

- French Proverb