Quotes from French proverb

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size

Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out

A late Easter, a long cold spring.

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

Love is blind. That is why he always proceeds by the sense of touch.

One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes.

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place

The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.

Nothing is more elegant than ready money!

There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy

Burgundy for kings, champagne for duchesses, claret for gentlemen.

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

Justifying a fault doubles it.

And old rat is a brave rat.

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men

Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical

It is impossible to overdo luxury

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.

No gulls, no luck.

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.

Divorce is the sacrament of adultery.

The best use of bad wine is to drive away poor relations.