Everyone to his taste.
It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
To want to forget something is to think of it.
He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)
Only great men may have great faults.
He who can lick can bite.
No rose without a thorn.
What you can't get is just what suits you.
Tell me whom you frequent and I will tell you who you are.
There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.
There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.
Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.
There is one who kisses and the other who offers a cheek.
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.
When we cannot get what we love we must love what is within our reach.