aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera

La Fontaine , Fables, vi. 18, Le Chartier embourbé, copying Régnier , Sat. xiii.:\n“Aydez vous seulement et Dieu vous aydera.”\nLat.: Dii facientes adjuvant.\nÆschylus , Persae, 742: Σπεύδοντι σαυτῷ χῶ θεὸς ξυνάψεται.\nSophocles , Camicii, frag. 633, in Dindorf’s edition: Οὐκ ἐστι τοῖς μή δρῶσι σύμμαχος Τύχη.\nAnother Greek saying was: Σύν, Αθηνᾷ καὶ χείρα κίνει = With Minerva on your side, yet use your own hand.\nCromwell is reported to have said at the battle of Dunbar: “Trust in God, but keep your powder dry.”\nThe Basques say: “Quoique Dieu soit bon ouvrier, il veut qu’on l’aide.”