More Spanish Proverbs

He who eats and puts by, has sufficient for two meals.... >>

The son of an ass brays twice a day.... >>

The envious man's face grows sharp and his eyes big.... >>

No one would be an innkeeper but for money.... >>

Sow corn in clay, and plant vines in sand.... >>

Other Proverbs

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

Who punishes one threatens a hundred.... (French) >>

To get the chicks one must coax the hen.... (French) >>

Who eats capon, capon comes to him.... (French) >>

When the furze is in bloom, my love's in tune.... (French) >>

He who helps everybody, helps nobody.

- Spanish Proverb