2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 175
- 1741. The person who plants the lettuce does not always eat the salad.
 - 1742. The pig's tail will never make a good arrow.
- 1743. The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it leaves its handle or its mouth.
- 1744. The pitcher that goes often to the well leaves either its handle or its spout there.
- 1745. The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail every year.
- 1746. The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people.
- 1747. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- 1748. The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.
- 1749. The rat that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.
- 1750. The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.
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