More French Proverbs

No lock avails against a hatchet.... >>

Ill-luck is good for something.... >>

It is the tone that makes the music.... >>

He flays enough who holds the foot.... >>

It is better to have to do with God than with his saints.... >>

Other Proverbs

A man can't do more than he can do. What says Don Ferdinando... (American) >>

He who begins badly, ends badly.... (Spanish) >>

He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine.... (Spanish) >>

He who has a bad wife can expect no happiness that can be so... (Spanish) >>

He who has two masters to serve must lie to one of them.... (Spanish) >>

Who knows nothing doubts nothing.

- French Proverb