UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Proverbs
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| À bon vin, point d'enseigne. | The reputation of a good thing precedes it.
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| Après la pluie, le beau temps. | Every cloud has a silver lining.
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| Aux grands maux, les grands remèdes. | Big problems require big solutions.
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| Les beaux esprits se rencontrent. | Great minds think alike.
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| Les bons comptes font les bons amis. | Don't let money squabbles ruin a friendship.
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| Charbonnier est maître chez soi. | Every man's home is his castle.
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| Le chat parti, les souris dansent. | When the cat's away, the mice will play.
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| Comme on fait son lit, on se couche. | As you make your bed, so you shall lie in it.
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| Deux avis valent mieux qu'un. | Two heads are better than one.
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| L'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions | The road to hell in paved with good intentions.
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| C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron. | Practice makes perfect.
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| Des goûts et des couleurs il ne faut pas discuter. | There's no accounting for taste.
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| La goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase. | The straw that breaks the camel's back.
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| L'habit ne fait pas le moine. | Clothes don't make the man.
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| Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps. | One swallow doesn't make a spring.
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| Il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud. | Strike while the iron is hot.
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| Il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dort. | Still water runs deep.
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| Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu. | There's no smoke without fire.
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| Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres. | There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
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| Ce n'est pas la mer à boire. | It's not very difficult to do.
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| Mieux vaut tard que jamais. | Better late than never.
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| Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour. | Rome wasn't built in a day.
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| Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid. | Slow and steady wins the race.
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| Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse. | A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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| Plus on est de fous, plus on rit. | The more the merrier.
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| Point de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles. | No news is good news.
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| Qui se ressemble, s'assemble. | Birds of a feather flock together.
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| Santé passe richesse. | Health is better than riches.
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| Tel père, tel fils. | Like father, like son.
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| Un(e) de perdu(e), dix de retrouvé(e)s. | There are plenty more like him/her out there.
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| Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. | Where there's a will, there's a way.
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