The creditor gets a pledge from the good payer.
More Sicilian Proverbs:
Who takes cover under the branch, collects what rains and collects what falls.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
The buyer first disparages.
Sicilian
There's no plan that can handle the vagaries of March.
Sicilian
The mother bears the daughter and the neighbor marries her off.
Sicilian
When there's little meat, take the bone.
Sicilian