Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.
More French Proverbs:
God save me from those I trust in.French
Saint cannot if God will not.
French
Drop by drop wears away the stone.
French
There is no science without patience.
French
Love, a cough, smoke, and money, cannot long be hid.
French
Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.
French