No one became poor by giving alms.
More French Proverbs:
Rebukes ought not to have a grain more of salt than of sugar.French
A good hater,a good lover.
French
One can't make head or tail of it.
French
He who is at sea does not direct the winds.
French
Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.
French
Take away my good name, take away my life.
French