More French Proverbs

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

Every elm has its man.... >>

A stitch in time saves nine.... >>

A good meal ought to begin with hunger.... >>

Example is the greatest of all seducers.... >>

Other Proverbs

Poverty is no sin, but it is a branch of roguery.... (Spanish) >>

Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.... (Spanish) >>

A melon and a woman are hard to know.... (Spanish) >>

A little gall embitters much honey.... (Spanish) >>

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.... (Spanish) >>

It is a sorry house in which the cock is silent and the hen crows.

- French Proverb