The bachelor is a peacock, the fiancT is a lion and the married man a mule. (Spanish Proverb)
Better be the head of a rat than the tail of a lion. (Spanish Proverb)
Bachelor, a peacock; betrothed, a lion; married, an ass. (Spanish Proverb)
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing. (Spanish Proverb)