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If Jack is in love he is no judge of Jill's beauty.

"Nobody's sweetheart is ugly" (Dutch).ssss1 "Never seemed a prison fair or a mistress foul" (French).ssss1 "Handsome is not what is handsome, but what pleases" (Italian).ssss1 "He whose fair one squints says she ogles" (German).ssss1 "'Red is Love's colour,' said the wooer to his foxy charmer" (German).ssss1

Love is blind.

Blind to all imperfections in the beloved object; blind also to everything around it—to facts, consequences, and prudential considerations. "People in love think that other people's eyes are out" (Spanish).ssss1

It is hard to keep flax from the lowe [fire].

"Man is fire, woman tow, and the devil comes and blows" (Spanish).ssss1

Glasses and lasses are bruckle [brittle] wares.

A pretty girl and a tattered gown are sure to find some hook in the way.

Italy appears to be the original country of this proverb, though it is popularly current in Ulster. "A handsome woman and a pinked or slashed garment" are the things mentioned in the Italian proverb.ssss1 The French formssss1 corresponds with the Irish.