More French Proverbs

At a bridge, a plank, a river, the servant foremost, the master behind... >>

Spit not in the well, you may have to drink its water.... >>

After a feast a man scratches his head.... >>

Contrivance is better than force.... >>

All heads are not sense-boxes.... >>

Other Proverbs

Enjoy your little while the fool seeks for more.... (Spanish) >>

Good words and bad deeds deceive both wise and simple.... (Spanish) >>

Tell it well, or say nothing.... (Spanish) >>

When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave.... (Spanish) >>

If you pay not a servant his wages then he will pay himself.... (Spanish) >>

He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end.

- French Proverb