2214 French Proverbs / Page 80
1581.
The beast dead, the venom is dead.1582.
The beaten pay the fine.1583.
The beauty of a woman does not make a man richer.1584.
The belly overrules the head.1585.
The belly robs the back.1586.
The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.1587.
The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds.1588.
The best driver will sometimes upset.1589.
The best herbs are in the smallest bags.1590.
The best soup is made of old meat.1591.
The best thing about a man is his dog.1592.
The best wine has its lees.1593.
The best you get is an even break.1594.
The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.1595.
The better day the better deed.1596.
The big fish eat the little ones.1597.
The bird ought not to soil its own nest.1598.
The biter is often bit.1599.
The blade wears out the sheath.1600.
The bleating of the lamb merely arouses the tiger.