More French Proverbs

He fishes on who catches one.... >>

Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.... >>

Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.... >>

A woman and a ship ever want mending.... >>

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile... (Spanish) >>

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.... (English) >>

Praise a maid in the morning, and the weather at night.... (Italian) >>

One may have good eyes and yet see nothing.... (Italian) >>

A sick man sleeps, but not a debtor.... (Spanish) >>

He who does nothing does ill.

- French Proverb