2214 French Proverbs / Page 77
1521.
Soft words don't scotch the tongue.1522.
Soft words scald not the tongue.1523.
Some fathers love another man's daughter most.1524.
Some have bread who have no teeth left.1525.
Some have fine eyes and can't see a jot.1526.
Some sell and don't deliver.1527.
Some think they have done when they are only beginning.1528.
Some thinking to avenge their shame increase it.1529.
Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves.1530.
Something is better than nothing.1531.
Sometimes the cry of the animal is worse than the animal itself.1532.
Soon enough if well enough.1533.
Soon gained soon squandered.1534.
Spare to speak and spare to speed.1535.
Spare well and have to spend.1536.
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.1537.
Spit not in the well, you may have to drink its water.1538.
Spur not a willing horse.1539.
Starlings are skinny because they fly in a group.1540.
Stolen bread stirs the appetite.