A good start is half the job done.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He who is surety for another, pays for him.Dutch
No house without its cross.
Dutch
It's hard to catch hawks with empty hands.
Dutch
If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak.
Dutch
Grass is greener in other pastures.
Dutch
Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his hogs.
Dutch