The patient one always wins.
More French Proverbs:
The devil's meal turns half to bran.French
Bees do not become hornets.
French
Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.
French
Tis sweet at certain times to drop the sage.
French
Put something sweet in his mouth and send good news to the heart.
French
It is not the big oxen that do the best day's work.
French