Spanish Proverb

Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.

He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.

The lazy man always does twice the work.
(El bago siempre pasa double trabajo)

Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.