Sicilian proverbs

Messina is clever, Palermo is pompous; Messina is rich, Palermo is greedy.

You need to first experience adversity, before you can handle high praise.

When you uproot vines as you plant vines, you'll never harvest the grapes.

When you want to serve your friend, you can't worry about your belongings.

The meat from the castrated, from wherever you take it you trick yourself.

Mountains will never join other mountains but men will confront other men.

Tie the donkey where the owner wants, and let the wolf come to devour him.

If you want to know if someone has money, observe his beard and his boots.

Better the bad one from a good breed than the better one from a bad breed.

Ring the bells for whoever eats snails and drinks water, because he's dead.

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