1032 Portuguese Proverbs / Page 31
601.
Much cry and little wool.602.
Much laugher, short wisdom.603.
Much laughter, little brains.604.
Much laughter, little wit.605.
Much law, but little justice.606.
Much meat, much maladies.607.
Much never cost little.608.
Much straw and little corn.609.
My chest locked, my soul safe.610.
My gossips don't like me because I tell them truths.611.
My life and soul at your service, but not the pack-saddle.612.
My money, your money, let us go to the tavern.613.
Necessity makes the frog jump.614.
Neither handsome enough to kill nor ugly enough to frighten away.615.
Neither trust or contend, nor lay wagers or lend, and you'll have peace to your end.616.
Never cut what can be untied.617.
Never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged.618.
Never poke a jaguar with a short stick.619.
Never say 'from this water I shall not drink'.620.
Never say, of this water I will not drink, of this bread I will not eat.