2214 French Proverbs / Page 54
1061.
It is the tone that makes the music.1062.
It is too late for the bird to scream when it is caught.1063.
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.1064.
It is well to fly low on account of the branches.1065.
It is well to leave off playing when the game is at its best.1066.
It will not do to keep holidays before they come.1067.
It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.1068.
It won't do to trifle with fire.1069.
It would be a huge book that contained all the may be said in a day.1070.
It would be a very big book that contained all the maybes uttered in a day.1071.
It's a big wind that blows on small doors.1072.
It's better to be a hammer than a nail.1073.
It's difficult to chain up an old dog.1074.
It's good to be clever, but not to show it.1075.
Jealousy is nourished by doubt.1076.
Jest not with the eye, or religion.1077.
John has been to school to learn to be a fool.1078.
Justifying a fault doubles it.1079.
Keep a stiff upper lip.1080.
Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush.