More French Proverbs

Money advances meacocks.... >>

A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.... >>

It is always well to keep hold of your horse's bridle.... >>

A hook's well lost to catch a salmon.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

Other Proverbs

Women, wind, and fortune, soon change.... (Spanish) >>

I know well what I say when I ask for bread.... (Spanish) >>

The gallows takes its own.... (Spanish) >>

Lying and gossiping go hand in hand.... (Spanish) >>

It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.... (Spanish) >>

Take a woman's first advice and not her second.

- French Proverb