Sicilian proverbs

Bypass monks with a big stride; have nothing to do with priests, except at Mass.

How much is prestige worth, not as much as Palermo, if you take away the saints.

A lady has to be of the right cut and the right measure to make a pretty figure.

Whoever exchanges some lard for some other lard, one or the other must be rancid.

Whoever rides into the flood, either does not own the animal or doesn't value it.

Who goes to the fair without money, goes with one problem and returns with three.

While we are the Pope we'll pontificate; who knows if we'll be Pope another time.

The summer that yields lots of pumpkins and horse radish doesn't fill the larder.

Everyone knows that you mustn't praise a good wine, a good horse and a good wife.

April, as you see me; May, as I stay; June, as I am; by July, let everything fly.

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