He who pitches too high won’t get through his song.
More German Proverbs:
Between the hand and the lip the soup may be spilt.German
A blind horse goes straightforward.
German
Rhubarb and patience can work wonders.
German
Small saints too work miracles.
German
We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows.
German
He who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital.
German