More French Proverbs

He that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime.... >>

One may as well be well beaten as badly beaten.... >>

Touch not another man's money, for the most honest never added to it.... >>

Patience is the virtue of asses.... >>

Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.... >>

Other Proverbs

The eyes are the window of the soul... (Belgian) >>

Set trees poor and they grow rich; set them rich and they of... (English) >>

Actions speak louder than words.... (English) >>

There is little use in watching a bad woman.... (Spanish) >>

There are more threatened than hurt.... (Spanish) >>

There's nothing like being bespattered for making a man defy the gutter.

- French Proverb