Proverbs and old sayings Spanish, page 86

1831 proverbs and old sayings spanish

Don't talk too much, because your ignorance is greater than your knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ignorance, knowledge

He who would thrive must follow the church, the sea, or the king's service.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who is a Basque, a good Christian and has two mules, needs nothing more.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, good, good luck

In a choice between bad company and loneliness -- the second is preferable.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about solitude, companies, bad luck, bad

The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking, water

He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads, man

With money you would not know yourself, without money nobody would know you.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about money

Avoid a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Honor buys no meat in the market. Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hope, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

To be like the tailor of Campillo, who worked for nothing, and found thread.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing

If the devil is going to disguise himself, it will be as a monk or a lawyer.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil

Now that I have an ewe and a lamb, every one says to me: Good morrow, Peter.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good, good luck

May the man be damned and never grow fat, Who wears two faces under one hat.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Tell not all you know, nor judge of all you see, if you would live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about judges, peace

It is better to leap over the ditch than trust to the pleadings of good men.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man, good, good luck

Before you marry, have a house to live in, fields to till, and vines to cut.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

The chickens have come home to roost. You're suffering the consequences now.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about consequences, suffering, home

Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about teachers, experience

My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kettle into the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about law, fire, fire brigade