More French Proverbs

The pitcher goes often to the well and gets broken at last.... >>

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

A restive morsel needs a spur of wine.... >>

Flies will not light on a boiling pot.... >>

Other Proverbs

Old age is ripeness.... (American) >>

Rather mulberry than almond. (The almond-tree is in blossom ... (Spanish) >>

He whose house is tiled with glass should not throw stones a... (Spanish) >>

Never marry a widow unless her first husband was hanged.... (Spanish) >>

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out.... (Spanish) >>

Nothing is so burthensome as a secret.

- French Proverb