1032 Portuguese Proverbs / Page 41
801.
The horse's best allowance is his master's eye.802.
The key at the girdle keeps me good and my neighbour too.803.
The king of the bees has no sting.804.
The lame goat does not take a siesta.805.
The law devised, its evasion contrived.806.
The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid one.807.
The loss which your neighbour does not know is no real loss.808.
The loudest bark rids not a dog of his fleas.809.
The lucky man has a daughter for his first-born.810.
The mad dog bites its master.811.
The malady that is more incurable is folly.812.
The man of sense does not hang up his knowledge.813.
The man of your own trade is your enemy.814.
The mare's kick does not harm the colt.815.
The mare's kicks are caresses to the colt.816.
The master orders the man, the man orders the cat, and the cat orders her tail.817.
The master's eye makes the horse fat.818.
The midwifes fight, the truths are uncovered.819.
The mill does not grind with water that is past.820.
The misfortune of many is a consolation.