More French Proverbs

Poverty is not a vice.... >>

He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.... >>

Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.... >>

Better to wear out than rust out.... >>

A jackfish does more than a letter of recommendation.... >>

Other Proverbs

He that eats of the king's goose shall be choked with feathe... (English) >>

He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of wate... (Spanish) >>

Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks.... (Spanish) >>

Take hold of a good minute.... (Spanish) >>

A clown enriched knows neither relation nor friend.

- French Proverb