2214 French Proverbs / Page 60
1181. 
Might overcomes right.
1182. 
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
1183. 
Misfortune upon misfortune is not wholesome.
1184. 
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.
1185. 
Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot.
1186. 
Misfortunes never come single.
1187. 
Misfortunes that can't be avoided must be sweetened.
1188. 
Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
1189. 
Mistrust is the mother of certainty.
1190. 
Money advances meacocks.
1191. 
Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
1192. 
Money burns many.
1193. 
Money is a good servant but a had master.
1194. 
Money is lost only for want of money.
1195. 
Money is round, it must roll.
1196. 
Money makes dogs dance.
1197. 
Money makes even dogs dance.
1198. 
Money makes money.
1199. 
Money makes the mare to go.
1200. 
More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
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