More French Proverbs

A cake eaten in peace, is worth two in trouble.... >>

Upon an egg the hen lays an egg.... >>

Great boasters, little doers.... >>

Good repute is better than a golden belt.... >>

If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.... >>

Other Proverbs

When drink enters, wisdom departs.... (Spanish) >>

Those who have fine clothes in their chests can wear rags.... (Italian) >>

The winter is gone, the spring is come, a fly for those who ... (Spanish) >>

The cask smells of the wine it contains.... (Spanish) >>

Entreaties to get him to sing, and entreaties to leave off.... (Spanish) >>

I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as one that settled be.

- French Proverb