El huesped y el pez á tres dias huele. A guest and a fish stink in three days.
El hurtar es cosa linda, si colgasen por la pretina. Stealing would be a nice thing, if thieves were hanged by the girdle.
El infierno está lleno de buenas palabras. Hell is full of good intentions.
El invierno es ido, y el verano venido, mal haya quien bien nos hizo. The winter is gone, the spring is come, a fig for those who us good have done.
El judío échase á perder con pascuas, el moro con bodas, y el cristiano con escrituras. The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding feasts, and the Christian with lawsuits.
El lobo do halla un cordero, busca otro. Where the wolf gets one lamb it looks for another.
El lobo do mane daño no hace. The wolf commits no mischief at home.
El lobo hace entre semana por donde no va el Domingo á misa. The wolf does that in the course of the week which hinders him from going to mass on Sunday.
El lobo pierde los dientes, mas no los mientes. The wolf loses his teeth, but not his inclinations.