More French Proverbs

With an old husband's hide one buys a young one.... >>

Light is bad for sore eyes.... >>

The first step is all the difficulty.... >>

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

A bad workman never finds a good tool.... >>

Other Proverbs

The wolf changes his coat but not his nature... (Latin) >>

However foul it be, never say, Of this water I will not drin... (Spanish) >>

A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom.... (Spanish) >>

Clergymen's sons always turn out badly.... (Spanish) >>

A word and a stone once launched cannot be recalled.... (Spanish) >>

The leaves fall before the tree dies.

- French Proverb