God sends a curst cow short horns. 
Courroux est vain sans forte main.
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Better die with honour than live with shame.
Plutôt la mort que l'esclavage.
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We may not expect a good whelp from an ill dog.
De mauvais corbeau mauvais oeuf.
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Store is no sore.
On n'en a jamais trop.
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Children when they are little make parents fools, when they are great they make them mad.
Petits enfants, petits tourments; grands enfants, grands tourments.
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He works best who knows his trade.
C'est au pied du mur qu'on voit le maçon.
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If the young man would and the old man could, there would be nothing undone.
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If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
La barbe ne fait pas l'homme.
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Between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter.
Il y a fort loin de la coupe aux lèvres.
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He that hath no honey in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
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It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick.
Mal d'autrui n'est que songe.
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Who lives by hope, will die by hunger.
Ne t'attends qu'à toi seul.
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The master's eye makes the horse fat.
Il n'est pour voir que l'oeil du maître.
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Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
Il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent jamais.
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Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
Mieux vaut en paix un oeuf que en guerre un boeuf.
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Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
Le vin noie plus de gens que l'eau.
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As you bake so shall you eat.
Qui fait la faute, la boit.
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He who greases his wheels helps his oxen.
Pour bien charrier il faut bien graisser.
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The beggar may sing before the thief.
On ne peut peigner un diable qui n'a pas de cheveux.
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Every flow has its ebb.
N'est pas marchand qui toujours gagne.
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