Patience is a bitter plant but it has a sweet fruit.
More German Proverbs:
What grows makes no noise.German
Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.
German
He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.
German
God helps the strongest.
German
Another man's horse and your own spurs outrun the wind.
German
A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.
German