More French Proverbs

The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.... >>

A woman and a ship ever want mending.... >>

Better to have a friend on the road than gold or silver in your purse.... >>

A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane on the wing.... >>

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.... >>

Other Proverbs

A turn of the key is better than the conscience of a friar.... (Spanish) >>

He who makes a law should keep it.... (Spanish) >>

Good words and no deeds are rushes and reeds.... (Spanish) >>

It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.... (Spanish) >>

He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine.... (Spanish) >>

Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.

- French Proverb