More French Proverbs

Honey is not for asses.... >>

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

Farewell baskets, the vintage is ended.... >>

Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

A fifth wheel to a cart is but an encumbrance.... (Spanish) >>

The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.... (Spanish) >>

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing st... (Chinese) >>

No fly gets into a shut mouth.... (Spanish) >>

I thought to cross myself, and I put out my eye.... (Spanish) >>

The devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be; the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he.

- French Proverb