More French Proverbs

Where the thread is weakest it breaks.... >>

A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.... >>

Fear less, hope more, <BR>eat less, chew more, <BR>whine less, breathe... >>

His like Jean de Nivelle's dog, that runs away when he is called.... >>

Good watching drives away ill-luck.... >>

Other Proverbs

Be not a baker if your head is butter.... (Spanish) >>

Better to light a candle than to curse the darknes... (Scottish) >>

Blind men can judge no colours.... (English) >>

A mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.... (English) >>

When a man is not used to breeches the seams gall him.... (Spanish) >>

When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.

- French Proverb