More French Proverbs

True nobility is invulnerable.... >>

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.... >>

He who pays the piper calls the tune.... >>

Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

To a depraved taste sweet is bitter.... (Spanish) >>

He who dances well goes from wedding to wedding.... (Spanish) >>

The thread breaks where it is thinnest.... (Spanish) >>

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing ... (Italian) >>

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

I know on which side my bread is buttered.

- French Proverb