French Proverb

"A father is a banker provided by nature. "

"A white wall is the fool's paper. "

"Everyone thinks his own burden heavy. "

"Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks. (tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse) "

"He is rich who owes nothing. "

"He that does not ask will never get a bargain. "

"He who survives will see the outcome. "

"If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength. "

"Life is an onion and one peels it crying. "

"Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self. "

"Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. "

"No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give. "

"One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. "

"Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want. "

"Ready money works great cures. "

"Set a thief to catch a thief. "

"There is no flying without wings. "

"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. "

"Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics. "

"To understand all is to forgive all. "

"Travellers from afar can lie with impunity. "

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

"We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. "

"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. "

"What was hard to endure is sweet to recall. "

"When one has one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it. "

"When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach. "

"With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle. "