More French Proverbs

The hen's eyes are with her chickens.... >>

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.... >>

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.... >>

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.... >>

When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who stumbles and does not fall mends his pace.... (Spanish) >>

The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her ho... (Spanish) >>

Renounce the devil, and thou shalt wear a shabby coat.... (Spanish) >>

Wherever you may be, do as you see done.... (Spanish) >>

The ass knows well in whose face be brays.... (Spanish) >>

Lion-skins were never had cheap.

- French Proverb