*Ce qui est bon à prendre est bon à garder = What is worth taking is worth keeping; “Findings, keepings.”
Prenez-vous-en à vous-même = You have yourself to thank for it.
À tout prendre = On the whole; Everything considered.
Près
À cela près il est bon enfant = Except for that he is a good fellow.
Presse
Il n’y a pas presse = There is no hurry!
*Plus on se presse, moins on arrive = The more haste, the less speed.
Fendre la presse = To make one’s way through the crowd.
Pretentaine