More French Proverbs

One cannot be and have been.... >>

He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose.... >>

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.... >>

Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.... >>

Get out of that place and let me take it.... >>

Other Proverbs

Every law is broken to become a king.... (Spanish) >>

He who is feared gets more than his own.... (Spanish) >>

For all one's early rising, it dawns none the sooner.... (Spanish) >>

Little beard, little modesty.... (Spanish) >>

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.... (Russian) >>

He that telleth his wife news is but lately married.

- French Proverb