One does not always hit what one aims at.
More French Proverbs:
To eat and drink, and sleep together, is marriage, methinks.French
Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair.
French
Nothing is so liberally given as advice.
French
You can sell the devil if he is well cooked.
French
It is not the burden but the over-burden that kills the beast.
French
A man without money is like a wolf without teeth.
French