The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure and the fourth for madness. 
Il n'y a que la première pinte qui coûte.
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Even reckoning makes long friends.
Les bons comptes font les bons amis.
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Name not a rope in his house that hanged himself.
Il ne faut point parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu.
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An ape is ne'er so like an ape, as when he wears a doctor's cape.
Un singe vêtu de pourpre est toujours un singe.
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Death is the grand leveller.
La mort nous rend tous égaux.
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Bread never falls but on its buttered side.
Il tombe sur le dos et se casse le nez.
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If the Staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
L'honneur à qui vous devez l'honneur.
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A traveller may lie with authority.
A beau mentir qui vient de loin.
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He whose belly is full believes not him who is fasting.
Qui a du pain nargue le chagrin.
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All one's geese are swans.
Chacun pense à soi.
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What youth is used to, age remembers.
Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse.
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Old men are twice children.
Un vieillard est deux fois enfant.
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Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
Il ne faut jamais dire: Fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau.
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Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Qui fait l'ange fait la bête.
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The cow knows not What her tail is worth till she hath lost it.
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A fool will laugh when he is drowning.
Au ris connaît-on le fol et le niais.
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Fair words fill not the belly.
Belles paroles n'emplissent pas la bourse.
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What good can it do an ass to be called a lion?
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I gave the mouse a hole and she is become my heir.
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If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall.
Quand on n'est pas le plus fort, il faut être le plus malin.
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