More French Proverbs

He that is ashamed to eat is ashamed to live.... >>

Thrift is better than an annuity.... >>

A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a postchaise.... >>

Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.... >>

A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork... (Jewish) >>

It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.... (Spanish) >>

Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart.... (Spanish) >>

Anger can be an expensive luxury.... (Italian) >>

He fishes well who uses a golden hook... (Greek) >>

Too to will in two.

- French Proverb