He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months’ end.
More French Proverbs:
Fields have eyes and woods have ears.French
Fields have eyes and woods have ears.
French
Too keen an edge does not cut, too fine a point does not pierce.
French
He who loses sins.
French
A day is lost if one has not laughed.
French
According to the arm be the bleeding.
French