More French Proverbs

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.... >>

Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few... >>

It is just that the priest should live by the altar.... >>

He looks for his ass and sits on its back.... >>

A gilt bridle for an old mule.... >>

Other Proverbs

Never advise a man to go to the wars, or to marry.... (Spanish) >>

Who is to bell the cat?... (Spanish) >>

The friar who begs for God begs for two.... (Spanish) >>

He knows it as well as his Lord's Prayer.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed.... (Spanish) >>

Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.

- French Proverb