More French Proverbs

It is folly to gape against an oven.... >>

Pick and choose, and take the worst.... >>

He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast... >>

He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan.... >>

Everything goes by favour and cousinship.... >>

Other Proverbs

The woman cries before the wedding and the man after... (German) >>

It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.... (Spanish) >>

He who respects his parents never dies.... (Greek) >>

Drink wine upon figs.... (Spanish) >>

He who sows brambles must not go barefoot.... (Spanish) >>

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

- French Proverb