(Searched for similar thread. Apologies if I'm repeating)

A good friend who's going through an unexpected divorce signed off a recent email with this saying:
EVERYTHING SOUNDS NICE IN LATIN: "De inimico non loquaris sed cogites" (Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)

This made me wonder if we have favorite Italian (or Latin) sayings. Mine has to be: "Chi ha fretta vada piano" (which I found on Life in Italy) because god only know I'm always multi-tasking whenever I can (and usually forgetting a dozen things.)

Wow, this has the potential to be a long one…

Mine is: “Chi la fa, l’aspetti”
I guess in English it’s: “What goes around comes around”.

Another one that comes in my mind and it's similar to the one you said is: “Chi va piano va sano e va lontano

Gio

Awesome! My most favorite Italian saying (with a twist from "The Sound of Music") is simply this:

Si chiude una porta, si apre un portone!

I even have it inscribed on the back of my Ipod :) sometimes in life, you just gotta keep looking forward.

You can find any sort of ... on youtube

the below video describes the 3 proverbs
1) L' erba del vicino e' sempre piu' verde
2) Cielo pecorelle acqua a catinelle
3) Sposa bagnata, sposa fortunata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7RI7zBod0

Anyway my favorite is

Donne e motori Gioie e dolori.
Women and motors, Joy and Pain ( I even asked Lele to do a schetch for the car section:
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/italian-cars/gif/women-engines.gif

and another couple of Roman that are not so ... classy
( I can't translate them here )

Si lavora e si fatica per la panza e per la ....

Tira di piu' un pelo di .... che una coppia di buoi

( In proverbs and so Rome and Naple area beat the North of Italy hands down !)

Moglie e buoi paese tuoi!

or in other words.. you can't get blood out of a turnip!

This is also the title of a book of Italian idiomatic expressions with their English equivalent. It's available through amazon.com and is a very entertaining read :D