Better give a penny than lend twenty.
More Italian Proverbs:
The same fire which purifies gold consumes straw.Italian
Necessity becomes will.
Italian
In at one ear and out at the other.
Italian
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Italian
Experience is more important than theory.
Italian
It is not by saying, 'honey, honey,' that sweetness comes into the mouth.
Italian