Saisir la balle au bond

Saisir la balle au bond :
Literal meaning: To seize the ball on the bounce:
Strike while the iron is hot.

La chance sourit aux audacieux :
Literal meaning: Fortune smiles at the bold:
Fortune favours the bold.

Virgil: Aeneid: Audentis fortuna juvat :

Latin as well today!  

Taken from: ‘Don’t Toss Granny in the Begonias: Faut pas pousser Mémé dans les Bégonias’ par Marie-Hélène Claudel-Gilly et Primrose Arnander

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