Proverbs and old sayings Spanish, page 82

1831 proverbs and old sayings spanish

I know they are all honest men, but my cloak is nowhere to be found.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

From smooth water God preserve me, from rough I will preserve myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about water, god

The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about city, mother, day

It is better if they say, He ran away here than He died here.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Where there is no want of will, there will be no want of opportunity.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about chance

By the street of By-and-By one arrives at the house of Never.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

Pluck it from among the thistles, and we will take it off your hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Stealing would be a nice thing, if thieves were hanged by the girdle.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about thieves, things

There was already twenty in the family, so my grandmother had a baby.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about family

If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pleasure, problems

Love is like war: you begin when you like and leave off when you can.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about war, love

Watch out for the dog that doesn't bark and the man who says nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, man

When the river makes no noise, it is either dried up or much swollen.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If the peacock were to look at its feet, it would stop him strutting.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Better they should say, There he ran away, than There he died.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good, good luck

Like a parakeet that says what he knows but doesn't know what he says.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an eel by its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word, woman

The old man at home, and the young abroad, lie after the same fashion.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fashion, lie, home, man, old, olderness