Qui aime bien tard oublie. Who loves well is slow to forget.
Qui a la bourse pleine prêche au pauvre. He who has his purse full preaches to the poor man.
Qui a tête de cire ne doit pas s’approcher du feu. He that hath a head of wax must not approach the fire.
Qui attend les souliers d’un mort risque d’aller pieds nus. He who waits for a dead man’s shoes is in danger of going barefoot.
Qui cache peut trouver. He that hides can find.
Qui casse les verres les paye. He pays for the glasses who breaks them.
Qui cesse d’être ami ne l’a jamais été. He never was a friend who has ceased to be one.
Qui chapon mange chapon lui vient. Who eats capon, capon comes to him.
Qui choisit, prend le pire. He who chooses takes the worst. (Pick and choose, and take the worst.)