English translation: Buyer beware.
Cu' vigghia, la pigghia.
English translation: The early bird catches the worm.
Cui cerca, trova; cui sècuta, vinci.
English translation: Who seeks, finds; who perseveres, wins.
Cui multi cosi accumenza, nudda nni finisci.
English translation: Who starts many things, finishes nothing.
Cui nun voli pagari, s'assuggetta ad ogni pattu.
English translation: Who doesn't intend to pay, signs any contract.
Cui scerri cerca, scerri trova.
English translation: Who looks for a quarrel, finds a quarrel.
Cui si marita, sta cuntenti un jornu, Cu' ammazza un porcu, sta cuntenti un annu.
English translation: Who gets married will be happy for a day, who butchers a pig will be happy for a year.
Cui va 'n Palermu e 'un vidi Murriali, si nni parti sceccu e torna armali.
English translation: Whoever goes to Palermo and doesn't see Monreale, goes there a jackass and returns a fool.
Di guerra, caccia e amuri, pri un gustu milli duluri.
English translation: In war, hunting, and love you suffer a thousand pains for one pleasure.
È gran pazzia lu cuntrastari cu du' nun pô vinciri né appattari.
English translation: It's insane to oppose when you can neither win nor compromise.
Fidi sarva, no lignu di varca.
English translation: Faith is salvation, not the wood of a ship.
Frivareddu è curtuliddu, ma nun c'è cchiù tintu d'iddu.
English translation: February may be short but it's the worst month.
