1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 58
1141.
Whoever brings his wife to every feast will not be lacking for headaches.1142.
Whoever buys useless things will soon be selling his necessities.1143.
Whoever cultivates clay, harvests silk.1144.
Whoever exchanges gets rid of the coarse and the bad.1145.
Whoever exchanges some lard for some other lard, one or the other must be rancid.1146.
Whoever falls in love with an old person laments their fortune.1147.
Whoever goes on foot during April and May, goes on horseback the rest of the year.1148.
Whoever goes to Palermo and doesn't see Monreale, goes there a jackass and returns a fool.1149.
Whoever interferes between husband and wife is a big jackass.1150.
Whoever marries for love will always live in pain.1151.
Whoever rides into the flood, either does not own the animal or doesn't value it.1152.
Whoever seeds fava beans without using fertilizer, shouldn't count on having much to eat.1153.
Whoever sows alongside the road, tires the oxen and wastes seed.1154.
Whoever sows on hard ground, needs good wishes and luck.1155.
Whoever sows within the vineyard, neither reaps a crop nor harvests grapes.1156.
Whoever waits for time to pass loses time.1157.
Whoever wants a good must should hoe the vineyard in August.1158.
Wine in moderation is a stomach tonic.1159.
Wine is as sweet as honey but it can be abused.1160.
Wine should not be watered.