More French Proverbs

Near is my kirkle, but nearer is my smock.... >>

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.... >>

Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.... >>

Gentleness does more than violence.... >>

He is a fool who makes a mallet of his fist.... >>

Other Proverbs

The hammer shatters glass but forges steel... (Jewish) >>

On dry land even brackish water is good.... (Spanish) >>

My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute.... (Spanish) >>

The ox without a bell is soon lost.... (Spanish) >>

Of other men's leather large thongs.... (Spanish) >>

There is no hunting but with old hounds.

- French Proverb