More luck than wit.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers.Dutch
Give at first asking what you safely can; 'tis certain gain to help an honest man.
Dutch
He counts his chickens before they are hatched.
Dutch
To-day stately and brave, to-morrow in the grave.
Dutch
When the head is sick the whole body is sick.
Dutch
Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself.
Dutch