2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 32
621. He can do but little who cannot threaten another.
622. He cannot find water in the sea.
623. He did not invent gunpowder.
624. He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats, and warms himself.
625. He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade.
626. He falls into the pit who leads another into it.
627. He gathers up ashes and scatters flour.
628. He gives twice who gives in a trice.
629. He goes safely to trial whose father is a judge.
630. He has much to do who would please everybody.
631. He is a fool who thinks that another does not think.
632. He is a good dog who goes to church.
633. He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another.
634. He is always right who suspects that he is always wrong.
635. He is blind enough who cannot see through a sieve.
636. He is in safety who rings the tocsin.
637. He is my friend who grinds at my mill.
638. He is out of danger who rings the alarm-bell.
639. He is your friend who gets you out of a fray.
640. He knows it as well as his Lord's Prayer.