Italian proverbs

Say what we will, do what we will, the boat goes but sorrily without oars.

To protest and knock one's head against the wall is what everybody can do.

From those I trust God guard me, from those I mistrust I will guard myself.

He who is meant to be a basket-carrier is born with the handle in his hand.

If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean.

Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money.

A fools knows his own business better than a wise man knows that of others.

He is miserable once, who feels it; but twice, who fear it before it comes.

The point of the thorn is small, but hw who has felt it does not forget it.

It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles.

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