The gown does not make the friar.
More Italian Proverbs:
He that will not strive in this world should not have come into it.Italian
There are more threatened than slain.
Italian
In prosperity no altars smoke.
Italian
Friendships are cheap when they can be brought by doffing the hat.
Italian
At table bashfulness is out of place.
Italian
It is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies.
Italian