More French Proverbs

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.... >>

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

A churl never liked a gentleman.... >>

Mother's love is ever in its spring.... >>

He that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.... >>

Other Proverbs

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.... (English) >>

Where the sea goes let the sands go.... (Spanish) >>

Who goes a beast to Rome, a beast returns.... (English) >>

The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.... (English) >>

When God pleases, it rains in fair weather.... (Spanish) >>

It is easier to abstain than to restrain.

- French Proverb