2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 8
141. A postern door makes a thief.
142. A pound of care will not pay a pound of debt.
143. A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
144. A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
145. A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
146. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
147. A rose too often smelled loses its fragrance.
148. A rule isn't unfair if it applies to everyone.
149. A scabby colt may make a good horse.
150. A secret between two is God's secret, a secret between three is everybody's.
151. A sharp tooth for hard bread.
152. A shock dog is starved and nobody believes it.
153. A shoemaker's wife and a smith's mare are always the worst shod.
154. A short halter for a greedy horse.
155. A short horse is soon curried.
156. A sick man sleeps, but not a debtor.
157. A soft answer turneth away wrath.
158. A solitary ox shits more than a hundred swallows.
159. A son-in-law and a pig will show you the way only once.
160. A son-in-law's friendship is a winter's sun.