If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
Stars are not seen by sunshine.
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
It is not the same to talk of bulls, as to be in the Bullring.
The absent are always at fault.
Beauty and chastity are always quarreling.
If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.
Three helping one another will do as much as six men singly.
That's a wise delay which makes the road safe.
Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.
Where there is love, there is pain.
What the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.
Make sure you have many books and many friends - as long as they are good ones.
If you are choosing between bad company and loneliness, choose the second option.
Every season brings its joy.
Never advise someone to go to war or to get married.
The person who plants the lettuce does not always eat the salad.
Ask for too much so that you can get enough.
How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards.
Look for the good, and let the bad come on its own.
Three Spaniards, four opinions.
Give the grateful man more than he asks for.
The wind changes every day; a woman changes every second.
A person who talks a lot is bound to be right sometimes.
Don't talk too much - your ignorance exceeds your knowledge.
Even the best writer has to erase sometimes.
I dance to the tune that is played.
If you don't pay a servant his wages, then he will pay himself.
If someone cannot even keep his own secrets, don't count on him to keep someone else's.
Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Changing one's mind is more often a sign of prudence than of ignorance.
The obscure we see eventually; the completely apparent takes longer.
The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.
Take hold of a good minute.
Sell publicly and buy privately.
Buy from people who are desperate, and sell to newlyweds.
He that has a good harvest must be able to endure a few thistles.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
A meowing cat is never a good mouse catcher.
Say nothing when you are giving - only say something when you are receiving.
If you must battle your enemy, hit him where it hurts him most.
Under a good cloak may be a bad man.
Don't sign a paper without reading it, or drink water without seeing it.
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. (Catalonia)
When there is a famine, no bread is stale. (Catalonia)
At her wedding, the bride eats the least. (Canary Islands)
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
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