De noche, todos los gatos son pardos. (By night, all cats are brownish-gray.) Del dicho al hecho hay gran trecho. (Said and done are worlds apart.) De tal palo, tal astilla. (From such a stick, such a splinter.) (Children and their parents are alike.) Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda. (Even if a monkey dresses up in silk, it's still a monkey.) Más vale maña que fuerza. (Cleverness is worth more than strength.) A buen hambre, no hay pan duro. (When hungry, there's no such thing as bread that is too hard.)