It is not enough to have cabbage, one must have something to grease it.
More French Proverbs:
Poverty is a sort of leprosy.
French
Only he who does nothing makes a mistake.
French
To whom do you offer your shells for sale? To people who come from Saint Michel (where shells abound).
French
One flower does not make a garland.
French
To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour.)
French