Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
More French Proverbs:
The long awaited Easter feast is over in one day.French
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.
French
If you lose your wife and fifteen pennies -- oh ! what a pity about the money.
French
Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.
French
Put something sweet in his mouth and send good news to the heart.
French
One cannot please everybody and one's father.
French