More French Proverbs

Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.... >>

'Tis a long day a day without bread.... >>

A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.... >>

A peg for every hole.... >>

An apple, an egg, and a nut, You may eat after a slut.... >>

Other Proverbs

Never advise a man to go to the wars, or to marry.... (Spanish) >>

The busy fly is in every man's dish.... (Spanish) >>

Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the ha... (Spanish) >>

Let it be a husband, though it be but a log.... (Spanish) >>

The boy is father to the man.... (Spanish) >>

The kettle smuts the frying-pan.

- French Proverb