Italian proverbs

God save us from the enriched poor and from the impoverished rich.

Eat and drink with your relatives, but do business with strangers.

When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast.

If you have a good cellar at home don't go drinking at the tavern.

Better to ride an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

He that exceeds his commission must answer for it at his own cost.

There is never a cry of ""Wolf!"" but the wolf is in the district.

The fool knows more in his own house than the sage in other men's.

St. Francis shaved himself first, and then he shaved his brethren.

Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart.

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