"With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle."
- - French proverb
"A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on."
- French proverb
"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."