Adversity makes a man wise.
More French Proverbs:
It is better to have to do with God than with his saints.French
He was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done.
French
If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
French
He who waits for another man's trencher often dines in imagination.
French
A dead man has neither relations nor friends.
French
The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
French