More French Proverbs

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

By candle-light a goat looks like a lady.... >>

A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.... >>

He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.... >>

Other Proverbs

The child is the father of the man.... (American) >>

The day I did not sweep the house, there came to it one I di... (Spanish) >>

A man that is lean, not from hunger, is harder than brass.... (Spanish) >>

God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you... (Spanish) >>

The hen lays upon an egg.... (Spanish) >>

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats must keep near shore.

- French Proverb