More French Proverbs

A restive morsel needs a spur of wine.... >>

Contrivance is better than force.... >>

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.... >>

Do you want better bread than wheaten?... >>

A landmark is very well placed between the fields of two brothers.... >>

Other Proverbs

The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air.... (English) >>

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.... (Spanish) >>

The envious man's face grows sharp and his eyes big.... (Spanish) >>

Fox's broth, cold and scalding.... (Spanish) >>

He who respects his parents never dies.... (Greek) >>

The saint who works no cures has few pilgrims to his shrine.

- French Proverb