Little and nothing are relatives.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Morning makes the day.Sicilian
Who builds on sand, the fall is near.
Sicilian
Who gets angry without reason, makes peace without satisfaction.
Sicilian
A man is a man to the extent that he sticks by his word.
Sicilian
The cowherd who has fodder has bread, and if he doesn't have fodder then he ends up without oxen and without bread.
Sicilian
Concern is the beginning of wealth.
Sicilian