2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 74
1461.
The best advice one can give to the hungry is bread.1462.
The best always goes first.1463.
The best armor is to keep out of range.1464.
The best is the cheapest.1465.
The best is the enemy of the good.1466.
The best pears fall into the pigs' mouths.1467.
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.1468.
The best spices are in small bags.1469.
The best swimmer is the first to drown himself.1470.
The best trees are the most beaten.1471.
The best way to get praise is to die.1472.
The big fish eat the little.1473.
The biter is sometimes bit.1474.
The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.1475.
The bucket goes so often to the well that it leaves its handle there.1476.
The buckets take to fighting with the well, and get their heads broken.1477.
The buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller of but one.1478.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.1479.
The cask can give no other wine that that it contains.1480.
The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet.