More Spanish Proverbs

A word and a stone once launched cannot be recalled.... >>

All do not beg for one saint.... >>

A sparrow in the hand is better than a bustard on the wing.... >>

Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny-worth of tar.... >>

After a thrifty father, a prodigal son.... >>

Other Proverbs

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.... (French) >>

He who does nothing does ill.... (French) >>

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out... (Irish) >>

You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleepin... (Polish) >>

It is a bold mouse that nestles in the cat's ear.... (English) >>

Gifts break (or dissolve) rocks.

- Spanish Proverb