Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.
More French Proverbs:
Every one draws the water to his own mill.French
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
French
Punctuality is the politeness of princes.
French
The devil sweetens another man's wife with a spoonful of honey.
French
There never was a banquet so sumptuous but some one dined ill at it.
French
Fear and restlessness kill more than do illnesses.
French