That crown is well spent which saves you ten.
More Italian Proverbs:
He that shows his money shows his judgment.Italian
It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.
Italian
There is no robber worse than a bad book.
Italian
If the patient dies, the doctor has killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.
Italian
Buy what you have no need of and ere long you shall sell your necessaries.
Italian
Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.
Italian