La muger y el vidrio siempre estan en peligro. A woman and a glass are always in danger.
La muger y la salsa á la man de la lança. Your wife and the sauce at the lance hand (the right hand).
La muger y la tela, no las cates á la candela. Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.
La mula y la muger por balagos hacen el mandado. A mule and a woman do what is expected of them.
La necesidad hace á la viega trotar. Need makes the old woman trot.
La occasion hace el ladron. Opportunity makes the thief.
La oveja harta, del rabo hace manta. The well-fed sheep makes a cloak of its tail.
La piedra es dura, y la gota menuda, mas cayendo de continuo, hace cavadura. The stone is hard and the drop is small, but a hole is made by the constant fall.
La pobreza no quita virtud, ni la riqueza la pone. Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor does wealth bestow it.