More French Proverbs

An old rat is a brave rat.... >>

Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.... >>

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.... >>

There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.... >>

What is worth receiving is worth returning.... >>

Other Proverbs

A monkey remains a monkey, though dressed in silk.... (Spanish) >>

Get what you can and keep what you have; that's the way to g... (English) >>

A lame goat will not sleep by day.... (Spanish) >>

A grand eloquence, little conscience.... (Spanish) >>

A mistress in a high place is not a bad thing.... (Spanish) >>

He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.

- French Proverb