More French Proverbs

The ear is the road to the heart.... >>

Rage avails less than courage.... >>

Too much zeal spoils all.... >>

Money is round, it must roll.... >>

Spit not in the well, you may have to drink its water.... >>

Other Proverbs

If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.... (English) >>

Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.... (Spanish) >>

It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.... (Spanish) >>

He who asks the fewest favours is the best received.... (Spanish) >>

He who is everybody's friend is either very poor or very ric... (Spanish) >>

The man has neither sense nor reason who leaves a young wife at home.

- French Proverb