Italian proverbs

As both a good horse and a bad horse heed the spur, so both a good woman and a bad woman need the stick.

Nothing is ever well done in a hurry, except flying from the plague or from quarrels, and catching fleas.

A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

He that at twenty is not, at thirty knows not, and at forty has not, will never be, nor ever know, nor ever have.

He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.

Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.

Evening red and morning grey help the traveler on his way; evening grey and morning red bring down rain upon his head.

To expect what never comes, to lie in bed and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced, are three things to die of.

A thing done has a head. (The exultation of an ancient sculptor on his satisfactorily completing the head of his statue.)

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