More French Proverbs

The devil often lurks behind the cross.... >>

A clear conscience is a good pillow.... >>

A sow is always dreaming of bran.... >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>

A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his master.... >>

Other Proverbs

Go to your aunt's house, but not every day.... (Spanish) >>

Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.... (American) >>

God helps the early riser.... (Spanish) >>

It is in vain to cast nets in a river where there are no fis... (Spanish) >>

He who trifles with his enemy dies by his hand.... (Spanish) >>

There never was a banquet so sumptuous but some one dined ill at it.

- French Proverb