More French Proverbs

Precious ointments are put in small boxes.... >>

Laws have wax noses.... >>

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak.... >>

All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.... >>

Counted sheep are eaten by the wolf.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what... (Spanish) >>

God help the rich, the poor can look after themselves.... (English) >>

A good paymaster needs no security.... (Spanish) >>

A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a hundred weavers,... (Spanish) >>

Half a brain is enough for him who says little.... (Italian) >>

He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck.

- French Proverb