A word to the wise.
More French Proverbs:
The greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel.French
Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance.
French
Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged.
French
Being loved is the best way of being useful.
French
Many are esteemed, only because they are not known.
French
Horses for courses.
French