More French Proverbs

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

If a man would learn to pray let him go often to sea.... >>

After a storm comes a calm.... >>

Beware of a reconciled enemy.... >>

Horses for courses.... >>

Other Proverbs

I know well what I say when I ask for bread.... (Spanish) >>

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.... (Spanish) >>

For evil tongues, scissors.... (Spanish) >>

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.... (English) >>

A postern door makes a thief.... (Spanish) >>

The worst clothed go to windward.

- French Proverb