Spanish Proverb

I don't want the cheese. I just want to get out of the trap.

From a fallen tree make kindling.

If your house is on fire warm yourself by it.

Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

When three people call you an ass put on a bridle.

You can't catch trout with dry breeches.

If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.

When fire and water are at war it is the fire that loses.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Ownership is to fear (tener es temer)

A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.

Three Spaniards four opinions.

Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster keeps still.

Where there is love there is pain.

Blue eyes say "Love me or I die" black eyes say "Love me or I kill thee."

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

Laws like the spider's web catch the fly and let the hawk go free.