2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 78
1541. The good seaman is known in bad weather.
1542. The good shepherd shears, not flays.
1543. The good time comes but once.
1544. The gown does not make the friar.
1545. The hardest step is that over the threshold.
1546. The hare starts from where it is least expected.
1547. The healthy die first.
1548. The heart does not think all the mouth says.
1549. The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
1550. The higher the rise the greater the fall.
1551. The highest branch is not the safest roost.
1552. The house completed, possession defeated.
1553. The injurer never forgets.
1554. The Italianised Englishman is a devil incarnate.
1555. The Italians are wise before the act, the Germans in the act, the French after the act.
1556. The joker confesses.
1557. The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.
1558. The kick of a mare never hurt a colt.
1559. The last comer shuts the door.
1560. The later comer is ill lodged.