More French Proverbs

A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane on the wing.... >>

Some have bread who have no teeth left.... >>

A man who wants to drown his dog says he is mad.... >>

Hunger looks in at the industrious man's door but dares not enter.... >>

He needs say nothing about the score who pays nothing.... >>

Other Proverbs

Arms and money require good hands.... (Spanish) >>

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato ... (Spanish) >>

For whom does the blind man's wife adorn herself?... (Spanish) >>

The devil places a pillow for a drunken man to fall upon.... (Canadian) >>

He who trifles with his enemy dies by his hand.... (Spanish) >>

Don't rely on the label of the bag.

- French Proverb