Marido, no veas: muger, ciega seas. Husband, don’t see; wife, be blind.
Mas ablanda el dinero que palabras de caballero. Money soothes more than a gentleman’s words.
Mas apaga buena palabra que caldera de agua. A good word extinguishes more than a pailful of water.
Mas cerca está la camisa que el sayo. The shirt is nearer than the frock.
Mas cerca están mis dientes que mis parientes. My teeth are nearer than my kindred.
Mas descubre un hambriento que cien letrados. A hungry man discovers more than a hundred lawyers.
Mas hace quien quiere que quien puede. He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power.
Mas son los amenazados que los heridos. There are more threatened than hurt.
Mas tira moça que soga. A girl draws more than a rope.
Mas vale cabeza de raton que cola de leon. Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion. (Better rule in hell, than serve in heaven.)