2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 28
541.
Fools live poor to die rich.542.
For a web begun God sends thread.543.
For a wife and a horse go to your neighbour.544.
For an honest man half his wits are enough; the whole is too little for a knave.545.
For extreme ills extreme remedies.546.
For the buyer a hundred eyes are too few, for the seller one is enough.547.
For the flying enemy a golden bridge.548.
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.549.
Fortune comes to him who strives for it.550.
Fortune helps fools.551.
Fortune, and go to sleep.552.
Fortunes, heaven-born gifts.553.
Four eyes see more than two.554.
Friar Modest never was a prior.555.
Friends are known in time of need.556.
Friends are like fiddle-strings; they must not be screwed too tight.557.
Friends in need are friends indeed.558.
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.559.
Friends tie their purses with a spider's web.560.
Friendship should be unpicked, not rent.