Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
More French Proverbs:
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.French
The beauty of a woman does not make a man richer.
French
No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk.
French
The meaning is best known to the speaker.
French
The attack tames the beast.
French
A pig's life, short and sweet.
French