Ao Rey pertence usar de franqueza, pois tem por certo naõ cahir em pobreza. It befits the king to be liberal, for he is sure of never falling into poverty.
Aos parvos apparecem os santos. Saints appear to fools.
A outro perro com esse osso. Throw that bone to another dog.
A paõ duro, dente agudo. A sharp tooth for hard bread.
A pedra, e a palavra naõ se recolhe depois de deitada. A word and a stone once let go cannot be recalled.
A perda, que teu visinho naõ sabe, naõ he perda na verdade. The loss which your neighbour does not know is no real loss.
A pouco paõ, tomar primeiro. Where there is little bread, cut first.
Aquella ave he má, que em seu ninho suja. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Aquella he bem casada, que naõ tem sogra, nem cunhada. She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor sister-in-law.