He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope.
Proverbs and old sayings French
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All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.
Proverbs and old sayings French about treasure, moment, earth
A Montgomery division: all on one side, nothing on the other.
Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing
We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence.
Proverbs and old sayings French about silence, need
No one with a good catch of fish goes home by the back alley.
Proverbs and old sayings French about trap, fishing, home, good, good luck
He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.
Proverbs and old sayings French about commerce
In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.
Proverbs and old sayings French about mind, lie
He that will bare-foot go must not plant a garden of thistle.
Proverbs and old sayings French about garden
A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a postchaise.
Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck
One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed him.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Those who shine in the second rank, are eclipsed by the first.
Proverbs and old sayings French
He who passes a winter's day passes one of his mortal enemies.
Proverbs and old sayings French about enemies, day
Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
The devil leads him by the nose who the dice too often throws.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil
It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty linen.
Proverbs and old sayings French about public, home
A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings French about people
He does not guard himself well who is not always on his guard.
Proverbs and old sayings French
If you lend something you may lose it, but not if you give it.
Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment
It is not the burden but the over-burden that kills the beast.
Proverbs and old sayings French about burden
One may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge.
Proverbs and old sayings French
