Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Put not all your eggs into one basket.Dutch
Beggars breed and rich men feed.
Dutch
Out before day, in before night.
Dutch
It is a bad well that you have to fill with water.
Dutch
A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
Dutch
Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
Dutch