More French Proverbs

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.... >>

He who holds the handle of the frying-pan turns it as he pleases.... >>

He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.... >>

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

Nothing grows old sooner than a kindness.... >>

Other Proverbs

An idle mind is the devil's workshop.... (English) >>

He that neglects time, time will neglect.... (Spanish) >>

Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald... (Arab) >>

In prosperity no altars smoke.... (Italian) >>

The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage... (Latin) >>

Help you to salt, help you to sorrow.

- French Proverb