The third time pays for all.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He that can be patient finds his foe at his feet.Dutch
Nobility of soul is more honorable than nobility of birth.
Dutch
One God, one wife, but many friends.
Dutch
Might is not right.
Dutch
He is as welcome as the first day in Lent. (Alluding to fastday.)
Dutch
The young ravens are beaked like the old.
Dutch