Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated - Walter K. Kelly

Then I get credit in ilka town;

But when I hae naethin they bid me gang by:

Hech! poverty parts gude company."

Poverty is no crime.

Some say it is worse. "Poverty is no vice, but it is a sort of leprosy" (French).[729]

[708] Guay do filho que o pai vai a paraiso.

[709] Chi ha paura del diavolo non fa roba.

[710] Il ne faut que tourner le dos à Dieu pour devenir riche.

[711] Il fiume non s'ingrossa d'acqua chiara.