Buy your greyhound, don’t rear him.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
The thief becomes the gallows well.Portuguese
Before you marry reflect, for it is a knot you cannot untie.
Portuguese
He is no friend that eats his own by himself, and mine with me.
Portuguese
Go not with every hunger to the cupboard, nor with every thirst to the pitcher.
Portuguese
God has given nuts to one who has no teeth.
Portuguese
No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.
Portuguese