خبّ قرشك الأبيض ليومك الأسود

خبّ قرشك الأبيض ليومك الأسود

(Khabbe qershak el-abiyad la-yomak el-aswad) 
Literal meaning: Hide your white money for your black day.
Meaning: Save the bulk of your money – silver coins – for hard days, like the English expression to save money for a rainy day.

الساقية الجارية ولا النهر المقطوع

A Lebanese proverb from Cedarseed:



 الساقية الجارية ولا النهر المقطوع
(Es-seqiye l-jerye la n-nahr al-maqTu')
Literal meaning:The flowing brook rather than the dry river.  
Meaning: A small but constant source of income is better than a large yet unreliable one.

عشب ولا بعير

Another Arabic proverb from www.muslima.ru:

عشب ولا بعير

Literal meaning: There is grass, but no camel.

Meaning: Describes rich man who does not use his property or for the benefit of themselves or others.