More French Proverbs

The beaten pay the fine.... >>

If you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned.... >>

Good comes to better, and better to bad.... >>

A favour ill placed is great waste.... >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>

Other Proverbs

Discreet stops make speedy journeys.... (Spanish) >>

God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk... (German) >>

All happiness is in the mind.... (English) >>

Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.... (English) >>

Riches serve a man, but command a fool.... (English) >>

It won't do to trifle with fire.

- French Proverb