An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.
More Spanish Proverbs:
What is not yours always chirps for its master.Spanish
If two doctors visit a sick man, the sexton rings the bells.
Spanish
Let it be a husband, though it be but a log.
Spanish
Some go to law, for the wagging of a straw.
Spanish
To-morrow will be another day.
Spanish
God take you, pound of flax, drunk out and not yet spun.
Spanish