Most men employ the earlier part of their life to make the other miserable.
More French Proverbs:
There's no guarding against the privy thief.French
The devil was so fond of his children that he plucked out their eyes.
French
Gentleness does more than violence.
French
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow. [Signifying the changeful fortunes of great feudal families.]
French
Forewarned is forearmed.
French
He who is at sea does not direct the winds.
French