More French Proverbs

The belly overrules the head.... >>

He who is at sea does not direct the winds.... >>

Don't talk Latin before the Franciscans.... >>

A father is a banker provided by nature.... >>

A galled horse will not endure the comb.... >>

Other Proverbs

Old age is ripeness.... (American) >>

A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a hundred weavers,... (Spanish) >>

Happy the house in which there is no shaven crown.... (Spanish) >>

He falls into the pit who leads another into it.... (Spanish) >>

He gathers up ashes and scatters flour.... (Spanish) >>

Everybody is wise after the thing has happened.

- French Proverb