More French Proverbs

A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.... >>

A clear conscience is a good pillow.... >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>

A man who wants bread is ready for anything.... >>

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach... >>

Other Proverbs

Two can play at that game.... (Spanish) >>

Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with stranger... (Arab) >>

The buyer has need of a hundred eyes. the seller but one.... (Spanish) >>

Good wine needs no crier.... (Spanish) >>

A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than men... (Spanish) >>

He who takes a wife takes a master.

- French Proverb