298 Mexican Proverbs / Page 15
281. Where there's a will there's a way.
282. While life yet lasts, laughter and molasses.
283. While young, it's all dreams; when old, all memories.
284. Who wakes up early gets the God's help.
285. With patience and a bit of spittle, the elephant picks up the ant so little.
286. With poison, one drop is enough.
287. Words and feathers are carried away by the wind.
288. Words of the mouth are like a stone in a sling.
289. Works, and not words, are the proofs of love.
290. Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow.
291. Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.
292. Yes, old: But never sexually cold.
293. You cannot worship an unknown saint.
294. You don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
295. You judge the way you live.
296. You must not tell all that you know, nor judge all that you see, if you would live in peace.
297. Your hometown is like a small fatherland.
298. Youth is a folly; maturity, a struggle; old age a remorse.