More French Proverbs

Money is lost only for want of money.... >>

He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.... >>

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.... >>

His like Jean de Nivelle's dog, that runs away when he is called.... >>

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.... >>

Other Proverbs

What is mine is my own; my brother Juan's is his and mine.... (Spanish) >>

Every cock crows on his own dunghill.... (Spanish) >>

Custom becomes law.... (Spanish) >>

The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinne... (Spanish) >>

If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.... (Spanish) >>

The hunchback does not see his own hump, but he sees his brother's.

- French Proverb