And much fit and good can come into the one who learns to consider well before talking. Lots of people like proverbs. And maybe we have nothing better to do that try to get to some laconic or terse sayings in English out of French proverbs. If so, the ones we start out from, had better seem fit and Solomonic. And what we end up with, should appear as poignant, hopefully relevant and tidy enough in many a valuable setting and ministry.
History shows both approaches can work well.
In fact, many typical British proverbs were handed over from French in medieval times - more or less as equivalents, and often as direct translations. It may deserve much consideration. Just as many French proverbs derive from Latin, and very many British proverbs derive from French ones, there were other inroads as well. Let's not forget the long-range ministry of Normans, descendants of Scandinavian Vikings for most part. It's due to much contact in the centuries after the Norman conquest of England in AD 1066.