More French Proverbs

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.... >>

Everything does not fall that totters.... >>

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

It is the old cow's notion that she never was a calf.... >>

From short pleasure long repentance.... >>

Other Proverbs

A poor man is all schemes.... (Spanish) >>

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>

He who makes a law should keep it.... (Spanish) >>

The goat can't well cover herself with her tail.... (Spanish) >>

Good luck makes its way in by elbowing.... (Spanish) >>

He who looks not before finds himself behind.

- French Proverb