That is done soon enough which is well done.
More French Proverbs:
A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.French
Pity is akin to love.
French
He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.
French
He who marries for love has good nights and bad days.
French
Of two lookers on one is sure to become a player.
French
There is no old bread that cannot find its cheese.
French