Jean de La Fontaine
A hare is not caught with a drum.Collection: Caught
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.Collection: Dream
Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.Collection: Tails
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?Collection: House
La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.Collection: Reason
Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.Collection: Different