More French Proverbs

He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.... >>

Gentleness does more than violence.... >>

Good advice is as good as an eye in the hand.... >>

In the fiddler's house every one is a dancer.... >>

Fair things are soon snatched away.... >>

Other Proverbs

Night brings counsel.... (Spanish) >>

The threshold says nothing but what it hears of the hinge.... (Spanish) >>

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anyth... (Spanish) >>

All temptations are found either in hope or fear.... (English) >>

To the good listener, half a word is enough.... (Spanish) >>

The last comers are often the masters.

- French Proverb