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

No rose without a thorn.

He who can lick can bite.

The price spoils the pleasure.

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.

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

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

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

A father is a banker provided by nature.

A good meal ought to begin with hunger.

There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.

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

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.

He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.

Tell me whom you frequent and I will tell you who you are.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

The game is not worth the candle.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

Only great men may have great faults.

A white wall is the fool's paper.

Only great men may have great faults.

There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.

A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris into a bottle.

When a man begins to reason he ceases to feel.

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

There is one who kisses and the other who offers a cheek.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

To want to forget something is to think of it.

Love teaches even asses to dance.

Love teaches even asses to dance.

One can go a long way after one is tired.

We must learn from life how to suffer it.

What you can't get is just what suits you.

A father is a banker provided by nature.

Love teaches even asses to dance.

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.

Nothing is so burdensome as a secret.

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.

Skeptics are never deceived.

Everyone to his taste.

The game is not worth the candle.

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.

Forty is the old age of youth fifty is the youth of old age.