More French Proverbs

The dog gets into the mill under cover of the ass.... >>

Youth may stray afar yet return at last.... >>

Like box-makers, more noise than work.... >>

Let him who feels he has a dirty nose wipe it.... >>

One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with twenty casks... >>

Other Proverbs

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.... (Spanish) >>

Lose no rights, and commit no extortions.... (Spanish) >>

It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.... (Spanish) >>

The bow that is always bent slackens or breaks.... (Spanish) >>

Seat yourself in your place and you will not be made to quit... (Spanish) >>

It is only the bashful that lose.

- French Proverb