2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 71
1401.
Softly, don't raise a dust.1402.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.1403.
Some many heads, so many brains.1404.
Some sing who are not merry.1405.
Some who just tell tales of themselves.1406.
Sometimes an egg is given for an ox.1407.
Sometimes it is better to give your apple away, than to eat it yourself.1408.
Sometimes the lees are better than the wine.1409.
Soon crooks the tree That good gambrel would be.1410.
Speak not ill of the year until it is past.1411.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.1412.
Speak of the devil and he appears.1413.
Speak well of your friend; of your enemy neither well nor ill.1414.
Speak when you are spoken to.1415.
Spur not a willing horse.1416.
St. Francis shaved himself first, and then he shaved his brethren.1417.
Starlings are lean because they go in flocks.1418.
Step by step one goes to Rome.1419.
Still water breeds vermin.1420.
Stones or bread, one must have something in hand for the dogs.