More French Proverbs

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.... >>

There is no flying without wings.... >>

Rust wastes more than use.... >>

Nothing is more like an honest man than a rogue.... >>

Let every one mind his own business, and the cows will be well tended.... >>

Other Proverbs

When the fox preaches, look to the geese... (Ethiopian) >>

There would be no ill word if it were not ill taken.... (Spanish) >>

There is no choicer morsel than that which is stolen.... (Spanish) >>

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.... (English) >>

To-morrow's remedy will not ward off the evil of to-day.... (Spanish) >>

Youth may stray afar yet return at last.

- French Proverb