2214 French Proverbs / Page 161
- 1601. The bud becomes a rose and the rose a hip.
 - 1602. The burden tames the beast.
 - 1603. The busiest men have the most leisure.
 - 1604. The candle that goes before, is better than that which comes after.
 - 1605. The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.
 - 1606. The cask always smells of the herring.
 - 1607. The cassock does not make the monk.
 - 1608. The cat is nature's beauty.
 - 1609. The chicken sings what the cock teaches him.
 - 1610. The chicken that crows the loudest does not always give the biggest eggs.

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