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| Better wrong with the many than right with the few. | 1 |
| Birds of prey do not flock together. | 2 |
| Boca de mel, coraçaõ de fel—A tongue of honey, a heart of gall. | 3 |
| Boca que diz sim, diz naõ—The mouth that can say “Yea,” can say “Nay.” | 4 |
| Bole com o rabo o caõ, naõ por ti, senaõ pelo paõ—The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. | 5 |
| Bons et máos mantem cidade—Good men and bad make a city. | 6 |
| Caõ que muito ladra, nunca bom para a caça—A dog that barks much is never a good hunter. | 7 |
| Cada cousa a seu tempo—Everything has its time. | 8 |
| Cada qual en seu officio—Every one to his trade. | 9 |
| Casar, casar, e que do governo?—Marry, marry, and what of the management of the house? | 10 |
| Casar, casar, soa bem, e sabe mal—Marrying sounds well, but tastes ill. | 11 |
| Change yourself, and your fortune will change too. | 12 |
| Children tell in the highway what they hear by the fireside. | 13 |
| Cobblers go to mass and pray that the cows may die (i.e., for the sake of their hides). | 14 |
| Contas na maõ, e o demonio no coraçaõ—Rosary in the hand, and the devil in the heart. | 15 |
| Coraçaõ determinado, naõ soffre conselho—He brooks no advice whose mind is made up. | 16 |
| Corpo ben feito naõ ha mester capa—A body that is well made needs no cloak. | 17 |
| Cuidar muitas cousas, fazer huma—Think of many things, do only one. | 18 |
| Cuidar naõ he saber—Thinking is not knowing. | 19 |
| Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear. | 20 |
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| Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten. | 21 |
| Don’t quit the highway for a short cut. | 22 |
| Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it. | 23 |
| Every one sings as he has the gift, and marries as he has the luck. | 24 |
| Falla pouco, e bem, ter-te-haô por alguem—Speak little and well; they will take you for somebody. | 25 |
| Fiandeira, fiai manso, que me estorvais, que estou rezando—Spinner, spin quietly, so as not to disturb me; I am praying. | 26 |
| Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the foot. | 27 |
| Follow the road, and you will come to an inn. | 28 |
| From a closed door the devil turns away. | 29 |
| God has given nuts to some who have no teeth. | 30 |
| Good is the delay that makes sure. | 31 |
| Good management is better than a good income. | 32 |
| He buys very dear who begs. | 33 |
| He doubts nothing who knows nothing. | 34 |
| He has a head, and so has a pin. | 35 |
| I renounce the friend who eats what is mine with me, and what is his own by himself. | 36 |
| It dawns no sooner for one’s early rising. | 37 |
| Let him who gives say nothing, and him who receives speak. | 38 |
| Mãi aguçosa, filha preguiçosa—A busy mother makes slothful daughters. | 39 |
| Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it. | 40 |
| No one has seen to-morrow. | 41 |
| Peace with a cudgel in hand is war. | 42 |
| Spinner, spin softly, you disturb me. I am praying. | 43 |
| Under fair words have a care of fraud. | 44 |
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