2214 French Proverbs / Page 94
1861.
There's not enough if there's not too much.1862.
There's nothing like being bespattered for making a man defy the gutter.1863.
There's nothing like having the key of the fields.1864.
There's virtue in a man's face.1865.
They are not free who drag their chains behind them.1866.
They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle.1867.
They who come from afar have leave to lie.1868.
They will be hushed by a good deed who laughs at a wise speech.1869.
Think much, say little, write less.1870.
Think much, speak little, write less.1871.
Those who are absent are always wrong.1872.
Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics.1873.
Those who envy die, but envy stays alive.1874.
Those who shine in the second rank, are eclipsed by the first.1875.
Though the fool waits, the day does not.1876.
Three brothers, three castles.1877.
Three removals are as bad as a fire.1878.
Thrift is better than an annuity.1879.
Thrive by honesty or remain poor.1880.
Tired folks are quarrelsome.