More French Proverbs

He that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning hims... >>

Princes keep good reckoning, they never lose anything.... >>

Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.... >>

As soon dies the calf as the cow.... >>

Good wine needs no sign.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who hurries can not walk with dignity... (Arab) >>

Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart.... (Spanish) >>

He who rides behind another does not saddle when he will.... (Spanish) >>

God does not smite with both hands.... (Spanish) >>

Water for oxen, wine for kings.... (Spanish) >>

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.

- French Proverb