Half an egg is better than an empty eggcup.
More French Proverbs:
Every fool likes his bauble.French
Borrows must not be choosers.
French
Love does wonders, but money makes marriages.
French
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.
French
Tell a woman once she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it ten times.
French
He who stops at every stone never gets to his journey's end.
French