So many men, so many minds.
A mother can more easily feed seven children than seven children can feed one mother.
The higher the rise the greater the fall.
The list is worse than the cloth.
Every fool likes his bauble.
He may lie boldly who comes from afar.
Spare to speak and spare to speed.
In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.
Nothing ages more than a good deed.
No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.
When the miller is also the mayor, there are two thieves in one pair of trousers.
An ass does not stumble twice over the same stone.
The wolf is not as big as people make him.
It is easier to get away from the back than the bottom.
Will laugh well who will laugh the last.
One can go a long way after one is tired.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.
It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.
The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.
To want to forget something is to think of it.
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
With enough 'ifs' we could put paris into a bottle.
There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.
Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.(tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse.)
The price spoils the pleasure.
Youth must be served.
