the mirror from me because I was ugly, and gave it to the blind woman._
R.
Raposa que mucho tarda, caça aguarda. _The fox that tarries long is on
the watch for prey._
Raton que no sabe mas de un horado, presto le toma el gato. _The rat
that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat._
Recebido ya el daño, atapar el horado. _To stop the hole after the
mischief is done._
Reniego de cuentas, con deudos y deudas. _Curses on accounts with
relations._
Reniego del amigo, que cubre con las alas y muerde con el pico. _Avoid
a friend who covers you with his wings and destroys you with his beak._
Resfriadas duelen mas las llagas. _Wounds pain most when grown cool._
Rifaban los rocines del vidriero, y él mirando qual daba mejor coz al
compañero. _The glass-dealer’s horses fell out, and he looked on to see
which kicked hardest._
Riñen las comadres y dicense las verdades. _The gossips fall out and
tell each other truths._
Rogar al santo hasta pasar del trance. _To pray to the saint until the
danger is past._
Ruego de grande fuerza es que te hace. _A great man’s entreaty is a
command._
Ruegos porque cante, y ruegos porque calle. _Entreaties to get him to
sing, and entreaties to leave off._
Ruego y derecho hacen el hecho. _Entreaty and right do the deed._
S.
Sabedlo, coles, que espinacas hay en la olla. _Know, cabbages, that
there is spinach in the stew._
Saberlo como su Paternoster. _He knows it as well as his Lord’s Prayer._
Saca lo tuyo al mercado, y uno te dirá prieto y otro blanco. _Tell your
affairs in the market-place, and one will call them black and another
white._
Sacar el ascua con mano agena. _To take out a burning coal with
another’s hand._ (_To make a cat’s paw of one._)
Sacar el pie del lodo. _To draw the foot out of the mire._
Sacarlo de entre los cardos, sacároslo hemos de entre las manos. _Pluck
it from among the thistles, and we will take it off your hands._
Sacar un fuego con otro fuego. _To quench fire with fire._
Sacar un pie del lodo, y meter otro. _To take one foot out of the mire
and put the other into it._
Sacar verdad por decir mentira. _To discover truth by telling a
falsehood._
Sacristan de amen. _An amen clerk._
Salamon pasó por su puerta quando nació, mas no entró dentro. _When he
was born, Solomon passed by his door, and would not go in._
Salga pez, ó salga rana, á la capacha. C_ome fish, come frog, all goes
into the basket._ (_All’s fish that comes to the net._)
Salir de un lodo y entrar en otro. _To get out of one muck into
another._
Salir del lodo, y caer en el arroyo. _Out of the mire and into the
brook._ (_Out of the frying-pan into the fire._)
Saltar de la sarten, y dar en las brasas. _To jump out of the
frying-pan and fall into the fire._
Salud y alegria belleza cria; atavio y afeito cuesta dinero y miente.
_Health and cheerfulness make beauty; finery and cosmetics cost money
and lie._
Sal vertida, nunca bien cogida. _Salt spilt is never all gathered._
Sanan cuchilladas, mas no malas palabras. _Wounds from the knife are
healed, but not those from the tongue_.
Sanan llagas, y no malas palabras. _Wounds heal, but not ill words._
Sangrarle y purgarle; si se muriere, enterrarle. _Bleed him and purge
him; if he dies, bury him._
Sea mi enemigo, y vaya á mi molino. _Be my enemy and go to my mill._
Sease velado, y sease un palo. _Let it be a husband, though it be but a
log._
Seco y no de hambre mas recio es que alambre. _A man that is lean, not
from hunger, is harder than brass._
Señal mortal no quierer sanar. _Not to wish to recover is a mortal
symptom._
Ser alguno un caxon de sastre. _To be like a tailor’s pattern-book._
Ser como el escudero de Guadalaxara, que de lo que dice de noche, no
hay nada á la mañana. _To be like the esquire of Guadalaxara, who knew
nothing in the morning of what he said at night._
Ser como el puerro, tener la cabeza blanca, y lo demas verde. _To be
like a leek, have a grey head and the rest green._
Ser como piojo en costura. _To be like a louse in a seam._
Ser como unas ortigas. _To be like a bunch of nettles._
Ser el sastre del Campillo, que cosia de valde, y ponia el hilo. _To be
like the tailor of Campillo, who worked for nothing, and found thread._
Ser mercader mas va en el cobrar, que en el vender. _To be a merchant,
the art consists more in getting paid than in making sales._
Ser toda hoja sin fruto. _All leaf and no fruit._
Si bien me quieres, Juan, tus obras me lo diran. _If you love me, John,
your acts will tell me so._
Si da el cántaro en la piedra, ó la piedra en el cántaro, mal para
el cántaro. _Whether the pitcher strike the stone, or the stone the
pitcher, woe be to the pitcher._
Si de alguno te quieres vengar, has de callar. _If you want to be
revenged, hold your tongue._
Si el cielo se cae, pararle las manos. _If the sky falls, hold up your
hands._
Si el cielo se cae, quebrarse han las ollas. _If the sky falls there
will be pots broken._
Si el niño lloráre, acallelo su madre, y si no quisiere callar, déxelo
llorar. _If the child cries let the mother hush it, and if it will not
be hushed let it cry._
Siembra trigo en barrial, y pón viña en cascajal. _Sow corn in clay,
and plant vines in sand._
Siéntate en tu lugar, no te harán levantar. _Seat yourself in your
place and you will not be made to quit it._
Si esta pella á la pared no pega, á lo menos dexará señal. _If this
ball does not stick to the wall it will at least leave a mark._
Siete es convite, y nueve es convicio. _Seven is company, and nine
confusion._ (_Alluding to a dinner party._)
Siete hermanos en un consejo, de lo tuerto hacen derecho. _Seven
brothers in a council make wrong right._
Si la locura fuese dolores, en cada casa darian voces. _If folly were a
pain, there would be groaning in every house._
Si la piedra da en el cántaro, mal para el cántaro; y si el cántaro da
en la piedra, mal para el cántaro. _If the pitcher knocks against a
stone, woe to the pitcher; and if the stone knocks against the pitcher,
woe to the pitcher._
Si lo cena, no lo almuerza. _If you eat it up at supper, you cannot
have it at breakfast._
Si no va el otero á Mahoma, vaya Mahoma al otero. _If the mountain will
not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain._
Si quieres buena fama, no te dé el sol en la cama. _If you would
acquire fame, let not the sun shine on you in bed._
Si quieres dar de palos á tu muger, pídele al sol á beber. _If you want
to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of water in the sun._
Si quieres enfermar, lavate la cabeza y vete á echar. _If you want to
be dead, wash your head and go to bed._
Si quieres ser bien servido, sírvete a tú mismo. _If you wish to be
well served, serve yourself._
Si quieres ver quanto vale un ducado, búscalo prestado. _If you want to
know what a ducat is worth, try to borrow one._
Sirve á señor, y sabrás que es dolor. _Serve a lord and you’ll know
what is grief._
Si secretos quieres saber, buscalos en el pesar ó en el placer. _If you
want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure._
Si se perdieron los anillos, aquí quedáron los dedillos. _If the rings
are lost, here are the fingers still._
Si soy bobo, meteme el dedo en la boca. _If I am a fool, put your
finger in my mouth._
Si tienes médico amigo, quitale la gorra y envialo á casa de tu
enemigo. _If you have a friend who is a doctor, make your bow and send
him to the house of your enemy._
Si uno dos y tres te dicen que eres asno, ponte un rabo. _If one, two,
three say you are an ass, put on a tail._
Sobre brevas vino bebas. _Drink wine upon figs._
Sobre gusto no ha disputa. _There is no disputing about taste._
Sobre peras vino bebas, y sea tanto que naden ellas. _After stuffing
pears within, drink old wine until they swim._
Sobre un huevo pone la gallina. _The hen lays upon an egg._
So el sayal, hay al. _Under the sackcloth there is something hid._
Soltero, pavon; desposado, leon; casado, asno. _Bachelor, a peacock;
betrothed, a lion; married, an ass._
So mi manto al rey mando. _Under my cloak I command the king._
Sopla, herrero, ganarás dinero. _Blow, smith, and you’ll get money._
Soplar y sorber no puede junto ser. _One cannot blow and swallow at the
same time._
So vayna de oro cuchillo de plomo. _Under a gold sheath a leaden knife._
T.
Tan grande es el yerro como el que yerra. _The fault is as great as he
that commits it._
Tantas veces va el cántaro á la fuente, que dexa el asa ó la frente.
_The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it leaves its handle or
its mouth._
Tanto es Pedro de Dios, que no le medra Dios. _Peter is so godly that
God does not improve his condition._
Tanto quiere el diablo á su hijo que le quiebra el ojo. _The devil is
so fond of his son that he put out his eye._
Tener á alguno en ascuas. _To keep one upon hot coals._
Tener el pie en dos zapatos. _To have the foot in two shoes._
Tener el seso en los calcañares. _To have one’s brains in one’s heels._
Tener la barriga á la boca. _To have the belly up to one’s mouth._
Tener pelos en el corazon. _To have hairs on his heart._
(_Hard-hearted._)
Tirar coces contra el aguijon. _To kick against the pricks._
Tirar la piedra y esconder la mano. _To throw the stone and conceal the
hand._
Todo camino vá á Roma. _Every road leads to Rome._
Todo es nada lo de este mundo, si no se endereza al segundo. _All
things of this world are nothing, unless they have reference to the
next._
Todo saldrá en la colada. _It will all come out in the soapsuds._
Todos son buenos, y mi capa no parece. _They are all honest men, but my
cloak is not to be found._
Tomar la ocasion por los cabellos. _To take opportunity by the
forelock._
Tomar las calzas de Villadiego. _To take Villadiego’s boots._ (_To take
to your heels._)
Tonto, sin saber latin, nunca es gran tonto. _A fool, unless he know
Latin, is never a great fool._
Trabajar para el obispo. _To work for the bishop._ (_Prayers, but no
pay._)
Traerlo escrito en la frente. _To have it written on his forehead._
Tragarse un camello, y no poder pasar un mosquito. _To swallow a camel,
and strain at a gnat._
Tramontana no tiene trigo, y el hombre pobre no tiene amigo. _A north
wind has no corn, and a poor man no friend._
Traspasa el rico las leyes, y es castigado el pobre. _The rich man
transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished._
Tras el vicio viene el fornicio. _After one vice a greater follows._
Tras los dias viene el seso. _Sense comes with age._
Tras pared ni tras seto, no digas en secreto. _Do not tell your secrets
behind a wall or a hedge._
Trasquilenme en la plaza, y no lo sepan en mi casa. _They may whip me
in the market-place, so it be not known at home._
Tres cosas matan al hombre, soles, cenas, y penas. _Three things kill a
man: a scorching sun, suppers, and cares._
Tres hijas y una madre, quatro diablos para el padre. _Three daughters
and their mother, four devils for the father._
Tripa llena, ni bien huye ni bien pelea. _A full belly is neither good
for flight, nor for fighting._
Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas. _The bowels support the
heart, and not the heart the bowels._
Triste es la casa, donde la gallina canta, y el gallo calla. _It goes
ill in the house where the hen sings and the cock is silent._
Tu dinero mudo, no lo descubras á ninguno. _Discover not your silent
money_ (i. e. _your hoarded money_) _to anybody._
U.
Una cautela con otra se quiebra. _One knavery is met by another._
Una cosa piensa el vayo, y otra el que lo ensilla. _The horse thinks
one thing, and his rider another._
Una en el clavo y ciento en la herradura. _One stroke on the nail and a
hundred on the horseshoe._
Un agravio consentido, otro venido. _One grievance borne, another
follows._
Una golondrina no hace verano. _One swallow does not make a summer._
Una mano lava la otra, y ambas la cara. _One hand washes the other, and
both the face._
Un amor saca otro. _One love drives out another._
Un asno entre muchas monas, cocanle todas. _One ass among many monkeys
is grinned at by all._
Un cabello hace sombra en el suelo. _A hair casts its shadow on the
ground._
Un lobo no muerde á otro. _One wolf does not bite another._
Un loco hace ciento. _One fool makes a hundred._
Uno levanta la caza, y otro la mata. _One starts the game and another
bags it._
Uno ojo á la sarten y otro á la gata. _One eye on the frying-pan and
the other on the cat._
Unos tienen la fama, y otros cardan la lana. _Some have the fame, and
others card the wool._
Un puerco encenagado procura encenagar á otro. _A bespattered hog tries
to bespatter another._
Un ruin mientras mas lo ruegan mas se estiende. _The more you court a
clown the statelier he grows._
Un solo golpe no derriba á un roble. _An oak is not felled at one blow._
Uso hace maestro. _Practice makes perfect._
V.
Vallestero que mal tira, presto tiene la mentira. _The archer that
shoots badly has a lie ready._
Van a misa los zapateros, ruegan a Dios que mueran carneros.
_Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep may die._
Vanse los gatos, y estiendense los ratos. _When the cat’s away the rats
will play._
Vaso malo nunca cae de mano. _A crazy vessel never falls from the hand._
Vaya con Dios, que un pan me lleva. _Go in God’s name, for he takes a
loaf of mine._
Vende público y compra secreto. _Sell publicly and buy privately._
Vender gato por liebre. _To sell a cat for a hare._
Vender miel al colmenero. _To sell honey to the beekeeper._
Ventura te dé Dios, hijo, que saber poco te basta. _God give you luck,
my son, for little wit must serve your turn._
Ver el cielo por un embudo. _To see the sky through a funnel._
Ver, oir y callar. _See, hear, and hold your tongue._
Verse alguno en calzas prietas. _To find oneself in tight breeches._
(_Ill at ease—we say in tight boots._)
Viejo como la sarna. _As old as the itch._
Viene ventura á quien la procura. _Luck comes to those who look after
it._
Viento y ventura poco dura. _Wind and good luck are seldom lasting._
Vino acedo, y tocino añejo, y pan de centeno, sostienen la casa en
peso. _Sour wine, old bacon, and rye bread keep a house rich._
Vino que es bueno no ha menester pregonero. _Good wine needs no crier._
Viuda lozana, ó casada, ó sepultada, ó emparedada. _A buxom widow must
be married, buried, or cloistered._
Viva quien vence. _Long life to the conqueror._
Vos doña, yo doña, quien botara á porca fora. _You a lady, I a lady,
who is to put the sow out of doors?_ (Galician.)
Voz del pueblo es voz de Dios. _The voice of the people is the voice of
God._
X.
Xabonar cabeza de asno, perdimiento de xabon. _To lather an ass’s head
is only wasting soap._
Y.
Yerba mala no le empece la helada. _Ill weeds are not hurt by the
frost._
Yo como tú y tú como yo, el diablo te me dió. _I am like you and you
like me, the devil united us._
Yo dueña y vos doncella, quien barrerá la casa? _I mistress and you
miss, who is to sweep the house?_
Yo duro y vos duro, quien llevará lo maduro. _I stubborn and you
stubborn, who is to carry the load?_
Yo molondron, tu molondrona, cásate conmigo, Antonia. _I a lazy lout,
you a lazy lout, marry me, Antonia._
Yo sé que me sé, mas de esto callar me he. _I know what I know, but
will say nothing about it._
Z.
Zapatero, á tu zapato. _Shoemaker, stick to your last._
Zorro en zorrera el humo lo echa fuera. _When a fox is in his hole, the
smoke fetches him out._
Zurrar á uno la badana. _To thrash one’s jacket._
PORTUGUESE PROVERBS.
A.
A adem, a mulher, e a cabra, he má cousa sendo magra. _A goose, a
woman, and a goat, are bad things lean._
A agoa o dá, a agoa o leva. _What water gives, water takes away._
A agoa tudo lava. _Water washes everything._
A amigo naõ encubras teu segredo, que darás causa a perdelo. _Conceal
not your secret from your friend, or you deserve to lose him._
A apressada pergunta, vagarosa resposta. _To a hasty question a
leisurely answer._
Abaixaõ-se as cadeiras, levantaõ-se as tripeças. _Chairs sink and
stools rise._
Abaixaõ-se os muros, levantaõ-se os monturos. _Walls sink and dunghills
rise._
A besta comedeira pedras, na cevadeira. _For a voracious beast pebbles
in his feed._
A besta que muito anda, nunca falta quem tanja. _The beast that goes
well never wants a rider to try its paces._
A boca naõ admitte fiador. _The belly does not accept bail._
A boi velho naõ cates abrigo. _You need not find a shelter for an old
ox._
Abraçou-se o asno com a ameixieira, e acharaõ-se parentes. _The ass
embraced the thistle, and they found themselves relations._
Abre tua bolsa, abrirei a minha boca. _Open your purse, and I will open
my mouth._
A cabra de minha visinha, mais leite dá que a minha. _My neighbour’s
goat gives more milk than mine._
A caõ mordido todos o mordem. _All bite the bitten dog._
A carne de lobo dente de caõ. _To wolf’s flesh dog’s teeth._
A casa do amigo rico irás sendo requerido, e a casa do necessitado sem
ser chamado. _Go to your rich friend’s house when invited; to your poor
friend’s without invitation._
Accommodar o pé ao sapato, e naõ o sapato ao pé. _Fit the foot to the
shoe, not the shoe to the foot._
Acenai ao discreto, dai-o por feito. _Give a hint to the man of sense,
and consider the thing done._ (_A word to the wise is enough._)
Achaques ao odre, que sabe ao pez. _The wine-skin has its reasons for
smelling of pitch._
A chave na cinta faz a mim boa, e á minha visinha. _The key at the
girdle keeps me good and my neighbour too._
Achou o cego hum dinheiro. _The blind man has picked up a coin._
Acompanha com os bons, e séras hum delles. _Keep good company and you
shall be of the number._
A dor de cabeça minha, e as vaccas nossas. _The headache is mine and
the cows are ours._
A espada e o annel, segundo a maõ em que estiver. _The sword and the
ring according to the hand that bears them._
A falta do amigo ha de se conhecer, mas naõ aborrecer. _A friend’s
fault should be known but not abhorred._
A gallinha aparta-lhe o ninho, e pôr-te-ha o ovo. _Prepare a nest for
the hen and she will lay eggs for you._
A gente pobre moeda miuda. _For poor people small coin._
Agoa molle em pedra dura, tanto dá, até que fura. _Soft water
constantly striking the hard stone, wears it at last._
Agoa salobra na terra secca he doce. _Brackish water is sweet in a
drought._
A homem ventureiro a filha lhe nasce primeiro. _The lucky man has a
daughter for his firstborn._
Ainda nao sellamos, ja cavalgamos. _We have not saddled and yet we are
riding._
Ainda que a garça voe alta, o falcaõ a mata. _Though the heron flies
high the falcon kills it._
Ainda que somos negros, gente somos, e alma temos. _Though we are
negroes, we are men, and have souls._
Ainda que teu sabujo he manso, naõ o mordas no beiço. _Though your
mastiff be gentle, do not bite his lip._
Alcança quem naõ cança. _Who faints not, achieves._
Alfaiate mal vestido, sapateiro mal calçado. _The tailor ill-dressed,
the shoemaker ill-shod._
Alchimia he provada, ter renda, e naõ gastar nada. _It is approved
alchemy to have an income and spend nothing._
A lingua longa he sinal de maõ curta. _A long tongue betokens a short
hand._
A má lingua, tesoura. _For a bad tongue scissors._
A máo bácoro, boa lande. _To the lean pig a fat acorn._
Amar, e saber naõ póde ser. _To love and be wise is incompatible._
Ama-se a traiçaõ, aborrece-se o traidor. _The treason approved, the
traitor abhorred._
A má visinha dá a agulha sem linha. _The bad neighbour gives a needle
without thread._
Ameaça muitos, quem affronta hum. _He threatens many who affronts one._
Amigo de bom tempo, muda-se com o vento. _A fair-weather friend changes
with the wind._
Amigo de todos, e de nenhum, tudo he hum. _Everybody’s friend or
nobody’s friend, is all one._
Amigo quebrado soldará, mas naõ sarará. _Broken friendship may be
soldered but can never be made sound._
Amigos e mulas fallecem a duras. _Friends and mules fail us at hard
passes._
A mingoa de paõ, boas saõ tortas. _In default of bread, meal cakes are
good._
A molher, e a gallinha por andar se perde asinha. _A woman and a hen
are soon lost through gadding._
A molher, e a ovelha com cedo a cortelha. _Your wife and sheep early at
home._
A molher, e o vidro, sempre estaõ em perigo. _Women and glass are
always in danger._
Amor, e senhoria, naõ quer companhia. _Love and lordship like not
fellowship._
Amor louco, eu por ti, e tu por outro. _Mad love, I for you and you for
another._
Amor naõ tem lei. _Love has no law._
A mórtos, e a idos, naõ ha amigos. _The dead and the absent have no
friends._
A mouro morto, graõ lançada. _A great thrust of a lance at a dead Moor._
A muita cautela, damno naõ causa. _Much caution does no harm._
A muita cera queima a igreja. _Too much wax burns the church._
A muita conversaçaõ he causa de menos preço. _Too much familiarity
breeds contempt._
Andando ganha a azenha, e naõ estando queda. _By going gains the mill,
and not by standing still._
Ande eu quente, ria-se a gente. _Let me go warm and folk may laugh._
Antes a lãa se perca, que a ovelha. _Rather lose the wool than the
sheep._
Antes com bons a furtar, que com máos a orar. _Rather go rob with good
men than pray with bad._
Antes morto por ladrões, que por couce de asno. _Better be killed by
robbers than by the kick of an ass._
Antes que cases, vê o que fazes, porque naõ he nó que desates. _Before
you marry reflect, for it is a knot you cannot untie._
Ao agradecido, mais do pedido. _Give a grateful man more than he asks._
Ao homem ousado a fortuna lhe dá a maõ. _To the bold man Fortune holds
out her hand._
Ao inimigo, que te vira a espalda, ponte de prata. _Make a silver
bridge for a flying enemy._
Ao invejoso emmagrece-lhe o rosto, e incha-lhe o olho. _The envious
man’s face grows lean and his eye swells._
Aonde hirá o boi, que naõ lavre, pois que sabe? _Where shall the ox go
bid he must labour, since he knows how?_
Ao que faz mal, nunca lhe faltaõ achaques. _He that does ill never
wants for excuses._
Ao Rey pertence usar de franqueza, pois tem por certo naõ cahir em
pobreza. _It befits the king to be liberal, for he is sure of never
falling into poverty._
Aos parvos apparecem os santos. _Saints appear to fools._
A outro perro com esse osso. _Throw that bone to another dog._
A paõ duro, dente agudo. _A sharp tooth for hard bread._
A pedra, e a palavra naõ se recolhe depois de deitada. _A word and a
stone once let go cannot be recalled._
A perda, que teu visinho naõ sabe, naõ he perda na verdade. _The loss
which your neighbour does not know is no real loss._
A pouco paõ, tomar primeiro. _Where there is little bread, cut first._
Aquella ave he má, que em seu ninho suja. _It is an ill bird that fouls
its own nest._
Aquella he bem casada, que naõ tem sogra, nem cunhada. _She is well
married who has neither mother-in-law nor sister-in-law._
Aquelle he teu amigo, que te tira do arroido. _He is your friend who
gets you out of a scrape._
Aquelles saõ ricos, que tem amigos. _They are rich who have friends._
A quem dizes tua puridade, dás tua liberdade. _Where you tell your
secret you surrender your freedom._
A raposa dormida, naõ lhe cahe nada da boca. _Nothing falls into the
mouth of a sleeping fox._
Arrenego de grilhões, ainda que sejaõ de ouro. _I hate fetters though
they be of gold._
Arrenego de tigelhina de ouro, em que hei de cuspir sangue _I renounce
the golden basin in which I have to spit blood._
Arrenego do amigo que come o meu comigo, e o seu comsigo. _I renounce
the friend who eats what is mine with me, and what is his own by
himself._
Arrufos de namorados saõ amores dobrados. _Lovers’ quarrels are love
redoubled._
As molheres, onde estaõ, sobejaõ, e onde naõ estaõ, faltaõ. _Women are
supernumerary when present, and missed when absent._
Asno contente vive eternamente. _A contented ass enjoys a long life._
Asno de muitos, lobos o comem. _The ass of many owners is eaten by
wolves._
Asno máo, junto de casa corre sem páo. _A dull ass near home trots
without the stick._
Asno morto, cevada ao rabo. _The ass dead, the corn at his tail._
Asno, que entra em deveza alhea, sahirá carregado de lenhá. _The ass
that trespasses on a stranger’s premises will leave them laden with
wood_ (i. e. _cudgelled_).
Asno, que tem fome, cardos come. _The ass that is hungry eats thistles._
As paredes tem ouvidos. _Walls have ears._
Assaz caro compra, quem roga. _He buys very dear who begs._
As sopas, e os amores, os primeiros saõ os melhores. _Of soup and love,
the first is the best._
As tripas estejaõ cheias, que ellas levaraõ as pernas. _Let the guts be
full, for it is they that carry the legs._
Até á morte, pé forte. _Foot firm till death._
A teu amigo dize-lhe mentira, se te guarda puridade, dize-lhe verdade.
_Tell your friend a lie; if he keeps it secret tell him the truth._