When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
More Italian Proverbs:
Let not your shirt know all your thoughts.Italian
To promise and give nothing is comfort for a fool.
Italian
I saw you at Lucca, I knew you at Pisa.
Italian
The difficult thing is to get foot in the stirrup.
Italian
To make the cart go you must grease the wheels.
Italian
Happy is the country which has no history.
Italian