Tel maître, tel valet. Like master, like man.
Tel menace, qui a peur. A man may threaten yet be afraid.
Tel menace, qui est battu. The threatener sometimes gets a beating.
Tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera. He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday.
Tel vend, qui ne livre pas. Some sell and don’t deliver.
Temps, vent, femme, et fortune, changent comme la lune. Weather, wind, women, and fortune change like the moon.
Tendresse maternelle toujours se renouvelle. Mother’s love is ever in its spring.
Tenir le loup par les oreilles. To hold the wolf by the ears.
Tête de fou ne blanchit jamais. A fool’s head never whitens.
Tirer le diable par la queue, ne mène loin jeunes ni vieux. Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far young or old.