More French Proverbs

The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled.... >>

Think much, say little, write less.... >>

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

One must step back to make the better leap.... >>

The early man never borrows from the late man.... >>

Other Proverbs

Never put your thumbs between two grinders.... (Spanish) >>

Where they eat your meat let them pick the bones.... (Spanish) >>

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep... (Spanish) >>

A lawsuit for a maravedi consumes a real's worth of paper.... (Spanish) >>

He who is in the mud likes to get another into it.... (Spanish) >>

Talk of the wolf and you see his tail.

- French Proverb