Italian proverbs

It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.

When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own.

It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.

If I sleep, I sleep for myself; if I work, I know not for whom.

A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.

One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends too few.

One eye of the master sees more than four eyes of his servants.

It is a bad thing to be a knave, but worse to be known for one.

When the sun shines on thee, thou needest not care for the moon.

Many scruple to spit in church, and afterwards defile the altar.

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