More Italian Proverbs

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.... >>

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected... >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... >>

Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.... >>

A cat pent up becomes a lion.... >>

Other Proverbs

Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hang... (French) >>

Don't cry till you are out of the wood.... (American) >>

He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.... (Latin) >>

It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty line... (French) >>

Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.... (French) >>

Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are

- Italian Proverb