Qui n’entend qu’une cloche, n’entend qu’un son. Who hears but one bell hears but one sound.
Qui ne parle, n’erre. He who holds his tongue does not commit himself.
Qui ne peut faire son salut par c”oe]ur, ne le fera par livre. Who cannot work out his salvation by heart will not do it by book.
Qui ne peut mordre, ne doit pas montrer les dents. Don’t show your teeth if you can’t bite.
Qui ne regarde pas en avant, se trouve en arrière. He who looks not before finds himself behind.
Qui ne retire de sa vache que la queue, ne perd pas tout. He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.
Qui ne sait bien parler de son métier, il ne le sait pas. He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.
Qui ne s’aventure, n’a ni cheval ni mule; et qui trop s’aventure, perd cheval et mule. Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much loses horse and mule.
Qui ne se lasse pas, lasse l’adversité. He who does not tire, tires adversity.