In time a mouse will gnaw through a cable.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He lives long who lives well.Dutch
It's good dancing on another man's floor.
Dutch
That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.
Dutch
He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.
Dutch
He that despises the small is not worthy of the great.
Dutch
Every house has its cross.
Dutch