When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley.
More Spanish Proverbs:
Wounds pain most when grown cool.Spanish
The sword and the ring according to the hand that bears them.
Spanish
Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee.
Spanish
Do not fret for news, it will grow old and you will know it.
Spanish
Let him not complain of being cheated who buys cloth by the pattern.
Spanish
Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing.
Spanish