2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 85
1681.
The letter enters with blood.1682.
The liar is sooner caught than the cripple.1683.
The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.1684.
The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.1685.
The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases.1686.
The lucky man has a daughter for his first-born.1687.
The magistrate's son gets out of every scrape.1688.
The man deliberates, the woman decides.1689.
The man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman.1690.
The mare's kick does not harm the colt.1691.
The mare's kicks are caresses to the horse.1692.
The master's foot is manure for the estate.1693.
The mice will never play with the kittens.1694.
The mill does not grind with water that is past.1695.
The mill gains by gong, and not by standing still.1696.
The miser will stubbornly live poorly in order to die rich.1697.
The month loses its own, but not the year.1698.
The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house.1699.
The more danger, the more honor.1700.
The more haste, the less speed.