More French Proverbs

A table friend is changeable.... >>

A merry life forgets father and mother.... >>

Gentleness does more than violence.... >>

Some sell and don't deliver.... >>

He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.... >>

Other Proverbs

There is no lock, if the pick is of gold.... (Spanish) >>

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience ... (German) >>

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.... (Russian) >>

A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains... (Russian) >>

The old bear falls into the old trap.... (Russian) >>

If a man would learn to pray let him go often to sea.

- French Proverb