More French Proverbs

When the cage is ready the bird is flown.... >>

Stolen bread stirs the appetite.... >>

The balance in doing its office knows neither gold nor lead.... >>

Repentance costs very dear.... >>

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.... >>

Other Proverbs

There are all honest men, but my cloak is not to be found.... (Spanish) >>

Peace and patience, and death with penitence.... (Spanish) >>

The exception proves the rule.... (Spanish) >>

Every cask smells of the wine it contained.... (Spanish) >>

Praise a maid in the morning, and the weather at night.... (Italian) >>

An old ape never made a pretty grimace.

- French Proverb