Quotes from French proverb

A sow prefers bran to roses.

A girl without a friend is like the spring without roses.

Gaming is the son of avarice and the father of despair.

It is only the first step that is difficult.

Word by word the big books are made.

Diseases come a horsebacke, and returne on foot.

To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Not the day only, but all things have their morning.

Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it.

One may go a long way after one is tired.

Proverbs are the literature of reason.

The maxims of men disclose their hearts.

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

Wine is a turn-coat, first a friend, then an enemy.

Paper endures everything.

Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good.

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

Good advice is often annoying - bad advice never is.

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

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

The worst is not always certain but it's very likely.

It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.