Famous Proverbs
2232 Proverbs about French / Page 186
1851.
If you give a gift to a rich man, the devil sniggers.1852.
If you have a good case, try to compromise; if you have a bad one, take it to court.1853.
If you lend something you may lose it, but not if you give it.1854.
If you live in Rome, don't quarrel with the Pope.1855.
If you lose your wife and fifteen pennies -- oh ! what a pity about the money.1856.
If you want to keep your credit you must use it as little as possible.1857.
If you want to love your household as much as your bread then you will have to knead your wife like dough.1858.
If you want to understand men, study women.1859.
In a conclave many go in as a pope but come back out as the cardinal they were when they went in.1860.
In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.