When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
Proverbs and old sayings French about peace, man
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It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bankers, money, man
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.
Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, woman, day, contentment
One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with twenty casks of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings French
He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second.
Proverbs and old sayings French about praise, time
If you have a good case, try to compromise; if you have a bad one, take it to court.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad, contentment, good, good luck
The fox says of the mulberries when he cannot get at them; they are not good at all.
Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck
A sin concealed is half pardoned (meaning when care is taken to conceal the scandal).
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering.
Proverbs and old sayings French about suffering, death
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A mother can more easily feed seven children than seven children can feed one mother.
Proverbs and old sayings French about children, mother
Io get what we want, we must accept some things we don't want. No rose without a thorn.
Proverbs and old sayings French about things
He is like the gardener's dog, who don't eat cabbage and will let no one else eat them.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be cooked together but they will never be tender.
Proverbs and old sayings French about law, mother
It is in vain for a man to rise early who has the repute of lying in bed all the morning.
Proverbs and old sayings French about lie, man
When you can't find peace within yourself, there is no use looking for it somewhere else.
Proverbs and old sayings French about peace, use, contentment
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.
Proverbs and old sayings French about fashion
A lawyer needs three bags: one full of papers, one full of money, and one full of patience.
Proverbs and old sayings French about patience, money
To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour. )
Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, time
Nothing so bold as a miller's shirt (because it takes a thief by the throat every morning).
Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves, nothing
