More French Proverbs

The nearer the minster the later to mass.... >>

A house ready made and a wife to make.... >>

A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.... >>

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.... >>

A muffled cat never caught a mouse.... >>

Other Proverbs

Where MacGregor sits at the head of the table.... (Spanish) >>

It is good to have friends, even in hell.... (Spanish) >>

A good thing lost is a good thing valued.... (Spanish) >>

Nothing is lost on a journey by stopping to pray or to feed ... (Spanish) >>

Let there be writing before you pay, and receipt before you ... (Spanish) >>

The second blow makes the fray.

- French Proverb