A mansion pulled down is half built up again.
More French Proverbs:
Another's misfortune is only a dream.French
He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefoot.
French
To rob a robber is not robbing.
French
One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow.
French
Who refuses, muses.
French
Who looks not before finds himself behind.
French