More French Proverbs

That brings water to the mill.... >>

If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.... >>

He knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own counsel.... >>

God save me from those I trust in.... >>

Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.... >>

Other Proverbs

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.... (Italian) >>

The king likes the treachery, but not the traitor.... (Spanish) >>

You can't get blood out of a stone.... (English) >>

Goodness shouts. Evil whispers... (Spanish) >>

A poor man is all schemes.... (Spanish) >>

The maxims of men disclose their hearts.

- French Proverb