More French Proverbs

A house ready made and a wife to make.... >>

One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes.... >>

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.... >>

A crooked log makes a good fire.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Laws go the way kings direct.... (Spanish) >>

A fool sometimes gives good counsel.... (Spanish) >>

Many speak much who cannot speak well.... (American) >>

When they offer you a ring, hold out your finger.... (Spanish) >>

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.... (English) >>

It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.

- French Proverb