More French Proverbs

I never saw a silent rich man.... >>

The money paid, the workman's arm is broken.... >>

He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.... >>

He never did a good day's work who went grumblingly about it.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

She who is born a beauty is born betrothed.... (Italian) >>

I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better.... (American) >>

Let the dog bark so he don't bite me.... (Spanish) >>

I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?... (Spanish) >>

Praise a maid in the morning, and the weather at night.... (Italian) >>

The interested friend is a swallow on the roof. (Prepared to leave at the approach of winter.)

- French Proverb