More French Proverbs

A good fox does not eat his neighbour's fowls.... >>

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience... >>

To go as fast as a friar that is invited to dinner.... >>

The mule long keeps a kick in reserve for its master.... >>

Women, money, and wine have their balm and their harm.... >>

Other Proverbs

If folly were a pain, there would be groaning in every house... (Spanish) >>

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.... (English) >>

A man does not have to attend church to be a Christian.... (English) >>

What I see with my eyes I can guess with my fingers.... (Spanish) >>

He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.... (Latin) >>

He slumbers enough who does nothing.

- French Proverb