“A good (swift) foot saves a bad (weakly) body.”--Like our proverbial
refrain: “He that fights and runs away,” etc.[15]--[_Martinique._]
[15] Or like the Old Country saying “Better a good run than a bad
stand.”
34. * Bon-temps fait crapaud manqué bounda. (Le bon temps fait manquer
de derrière au crapaud.)
“Idleness leaves the frogs without buttocks.”--[_Louisiana._]