“He who covers thee, discovers thee.”--II. 5. “The virtuous maid and the broken leg must stay at home.”--II. 5, 49. “Better a daughter ill-married than well kept.”--II. 5. “Great deeds are reserved for great men.”--II. 5. “He who cannot take advantage of fortune when it comes, should not complain if it passes him by.”--II. 5. “The counsel of a woman is not worth much, but he who does not take it is worth nothing.”--II. 7. “Many littles makes much.”--II. 7. “He who shuffles the cards does not cut them.”--II. 7. “The lamb goes (to the butcher) as soon as the sheep.”--II. 7. “Tell me with whom you live, and I will tell you what you are.”--II. 9. “Truth always gets above falsehood, as oil above water.”--II. 9. “Not with whom thou art bred, but with whom thou art fed.”--II. 10, 32, 68. “Madness must necessarily have more followers than discretion.”--II. 13. “Those who seek adventures do not always find happy ones.”--II. 13. “It is other people’s burdens that kill the ass.”--II. 13. “If the blind lead the blind, both are in danger of falling into the ditch.”--II. 13. “There is no road so level as to have no rough places.”--II. 13. “To know how many three and two make.--II. 13, 36. “The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.”--II. 16. “Between a woman’s Yes and No I would not venture to stick the point of a pin.”--II. 19. “For God who sends the wounds, sends the cure.”--II. 19. “Love looks through spectacles which make copper appear gold, riches poverty, and weak eyes distil pearls.”--II. 19. “Every sheep with his fellow.”--II. 19. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”--II. 20. “Let him preach well who lives well.”--II. 20. “He who does not rise with the sun, does not enjoy the day.”--II. 23. “He who errs and repents recommends himself to God.”--II. 28. “To talk of a rope in the house of one who has been hanged.”--II. 28. “Where you least expect it up starts the hare.”--II. 30. “He who lives a long life, must needs go through many evils.”--II. 32. “Associate with good men and thou wilt be one of them.”--II. 32. “The little birds have God for a caterer.”--II. 33. All is not gold that glitters.”--II. 33. “Four yards of Cuenca cloth keep one warmer than as many of fine Segovia serge.”--II. 33. To begin an affair is to have it half finished.”--II. 33. “At night all cats are grey.”--II. 33. “Nobody is born learned; and (even) bishops are made of men.”--II. 33. “I am an old dog, and ‘tus, tus,’ will not do for me.”--II. 33, 69. “A good name is better than great riches.”--II. 33. “The corpse of the Pope takes no more ground than that of the sacristan.”--II. 33.