Ni con cada mal al fisico, ni con cada pleito al letrado, ni con cada sed al jarro. Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can.
Ni do ni tomo, como judio en sábado. I neither give nor take, like a Jew on the Sabbath.
Ni el anzuelo, ni la caña, mas el cebo las engaña. It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.
Ni estoy al vado, ni á la puente. I am neither at the ford nor the bridge.
Ni firmes carta que no leas, ni bebas agua que no veas. Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it.
Ni hermosa que mate, ni fea que espante. Neither handsome enough to kill, nor ugly enough to frighten.
Ni judio necio, ni liebre perezosa. No Jew a fool; no hare lazy.
Ni perder derechos, ni llevar cohechos. Lose no rights, and commit no extortions.
Ni rey traidor, ni papa descomulgado. No king was ever a traitor, or pope excommunicated.