Lay your hand on your bosom and you will not speak ill of another.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Send a man of sense on the embassy, and you need not instruct him.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about common sense, sense, need, man
Whilst the tall maid is stooping, the little one sweeps the house.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house
A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house
Better have friends in the market-place than money in your coffer.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about stores, money
The ass embraced the thistle, and they found themselves relations.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Tell your friends a lie; if he keeps it secret tell him the truth.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about secret, lie, truth
The person who is well prepared has already won half of the battle.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about people
Every one sings as he has the gift, and marries as he has the luck.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about gifts, bad luck, good luck
A girl, a vineyard, an orchard, and a bean-field, are hard to watch.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about garden
If the deceased is no good, one shouldn't waste good candles on him.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about waste, good, good luck
Would you have me serve you, good king, give me the means of living.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck
Beware of a man that does not talk, and of a dog that does not bark.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man
She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor sister-in-law.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about law, mother
Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your neck.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about secret
Make the night night, and the day day, and you will live pleasantly.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about night, day
An empty purse, and a finished house, make a man wise, but too late.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house, man
Better to have friends in the marketplace than money in your coffers.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about money