A stumble may prevent a fall. [ Proverb ]

Stumble at a straw and leap over a block. [ Proverb ]

He that runs in the dark may well stumble. [ Proverb ]

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. [ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet ]

Fools set stools tor wise men to stumble at. [ Proverb ]

Well may he stumble, that chooses a stony way. [ Proverb ]

Work must stand or stumble by intrinsic worth. [ Robert Browning ]

So doth Thy right hand guide us through the world
Wherein we stumble. [ Robert Browning ]

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace. [ Cicero ]

I never desired you to stumble at the stone that lies at my door. [ Proverb ]

A horse stumbles that hath four legs. (What wonder then, if two stumble.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

There are plenty of nobodies in the world; we stumble over them at every step. [ T. Dwight, Jr ]

To stumble on a level surface is matter of jest; by a false step on a height you are hurled to the ground. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]