2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 82
1621.
The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.1622.
The first duty of a soldier is obedience.1623.
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.1624.
The first one to eat, the last one to work.1625.
The first wife is a broom, and the second a lady.1626.
The fist loss is the best.1627.
The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.1628.
The fox does not do as much mischief in a year as it pays for in an hour.1629.
The fox is knowing, but more knowing he who catches him.1630.
The fox knows a lot, but a woman in love knows even more.1631.
The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks.1632.
The fox that tarries long is on the watch for prey.1633.
The friar who begs for God begs for two.1634.
The friar who prays in god's name prays for two.1635.
The full-fed cow makes company of her tail.1636.
The full-fed sheep is frightened at its own tail.1637.
The gallows takes its own.1638.
The gallows was made for the unlucky.1639.
The gallows will have its own at last.1640.
The gardener's dog neither eats greens not lets any one else eat them.