Rather mulberry than almond. (The almond-tree is in blossom earlier than the mulberry.)
More Spanish Proverbs:
A hidden fire is discovered by its smoke.Spanish
Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.
Spanish
Ill luck enters by fathoms and departs by inches.
Spanish
Let every tub stand on its own bottom.
Spanish
Custom in infancy becomes nature in old age.
Spanish
To err is human, to forgive divine.
Spanish