April makes the flowers and the beauty, but May gets all the credit. (Sicilian Proverb)
At C?ccamu there are the boors at Termini the brunette slaves; and at Palermo long-stemmed roses, beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside. (Sicilian Proverb)
From the woods a beautiful pheasant, from the sea a beautiful moray eel, from the river a den eel, from the cage a beautiful chicken. (Sicilian Proverb)
Her beauty is the only dowery a beautiful girl needs. (Sicilian Proverb)
If you want a beautiful woman, hurry to Syracuse: if you want her ugly, run to Terranova, go to Rosolini if you want her lazy and to Spaccaforno if you're looking for one to try. (Sicilian Proverb)
Love, beauty and money are three things that can't be hidden. (Sicilian Proverb)