More Spanish Proverbs

Good, good, good, but God keep my ass out of his rye.... >>

Let there be writing before you pay, and receipt before you write.... >>

The cross on his breast, and the devil in his acts.... >>

Put a beggar into your barn and he will make himself your heir.... >>

Lip courtesy avails much and costs little.... >>

Other Proverbs

A hungry dog is not afraid of a cudgelling.... (French) >>

A hungry clown is half mad.... (French) >>

First deserve, and then desire... (Latin) >>

A big nose never spoiled a handsome face.... (French) >>

In the year when plums flourish, all else fails.... (English) >>

A blind man's stroke, which raises a dust from beneath water.

- Spanish Proverb