More Italian Proverbs

The comforter's head never aches.... >>

He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne... >>

He who begins many things finishes but few.... >>

He who wants a great deal must not ask for little.... >>

A runaway monk never praises his monastery.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.... (Spanish) >>

As is the master, so is his dog.... (Spanish) >>

Custom in infancy becomes nature in old age.... (Spanish) >>

To the bold man fortune gives her hand.... (Spanish) >>

Desperate ills require desperate remedies.... (French) >>

In prosperity no altars smoke.

- Italian Proverb