Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Cloak

A cloak is not made for a single shower of rain.Italian.

An old cloak makes a new jerkin.Shakespeare.

Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.French.

Fie upon a cloak in fair weather. (Ingratitude.)

From a praying young man and a fasting old one God preserve my cloak.Spanish.

Have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.

There is no making a good cloak of bad cloth.Spanish.

Though the sun shines leave not your cloak at home.

Under a good cloak may be a bad man.Spanish.

Under a shabby cloak may be a smart thinker.Portuguese, Spanish.

Under my cloak I command (or kill) the king.Spanish.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks.Shakespeare.

Where you lost your cloak, seek it.Spanish.