Precious ointments are put in small boxes.
More French Proverbs:
The gown does not make the monk.French
When the friar's beaten, then comes James.
French
Forewarned is forearmed.
French
Young saints, old devils.
French
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.
French
He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope.
French