More French Proverbs

It is not the big oxen that do the best day's work.... >>

Possession is as good as a title.... >>

A miserly father makes a prodigal man.... >>

All truths are not good to be uttered.... >>

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who asks the fewest favours is the best received.... (Spanish) >>

A rich man has no need of character... (Japanese) >>

He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed.... (Spanish) >>

He who is everybody's friend is either very poor or very ric... (Spanish) >>

He who is feared gets more than his own.... (Spanish) >>

One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with twenty casks of vinegar.

- French Proverb