More French Proverbs

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.... >>

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a peb... >>

As the wind so the sail.... >>

He that walks too hastily, often stumbles in plain way.... >>

The saint who works no cures has few pilgrims to his shrine.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.... (English) >>

The stolen ox sometimes puts his head out of the stall.... (Spanish) >>

A word and a stone once launched cannot be recalled.... (Spanish) >>

Between two sharpers, the sharpest.... (Spanish) >>

A grand eloquence, little conscience.... (Spanish) >>

Love expels jealousy.

- French Proverb