Patience is bitter but its fruits are sweet.
More French Proverbs:
To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it.French
He puts his sickle into another man's harvest.
French
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
French
Adversity makes a man wise.
French
He that would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime.
French
The town that parleys is half surrendered.
French