More French Proverbs

The greatest burdens are not the gainfullest.... >>

Hot sup, hot swallow.... >>

A mansion pulled down is half built up again.... >>

A word once out flies everywhere.... >>

Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.... >>

Other Proverbs

He knows it as well as his Lord's Prayer.... (Spanish) >>

A handful of motherwit is worth a bushel of learning.... (Spanish) >>

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently... (Chinese) >>

Whether it be so or not, husband, put on your hood. (He had ... (Spanish) >>

Children are a poor man's riches.... (English) >>

I know by my own pot how the others boil.

- French Proverb