It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone.
More French Proverbs:
There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.French
In hawks, hounds, arms, and love, for one pleasure a thousand pains.
French
Smoke, floods, and a troublesome wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life.
French
Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much lose horse and mule.
French
A good armchair makes the backside soft and the heart hard.
French
Some have bread who have no teeth left.
French