Italian proverbs

He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.

The woman who gives is seldom good; the woman who accepts is in the power of the giver.

Vexations, duly borne, Are but as trials, which heaven's love to man Sends for his good.

The pitcher that goes often to the fountain leaves there either its handle or its spout.

You have nobody to blame but yourself if you stumble more than once over the same stump.

A good horse and a bad horse need the spur; a good woman and a bad woman need the stick.

He's a friend at sneezing-time--the most that can be got from him is a ""God bless you.""

If you stumble more than once over the same stump, you have no one to blame but yourself.

He is well constituted who grieves not for what he has not, and rejoices for what he has.

A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise men to get it out again.

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