The old monkey gets the apple.
More French Proverbs:
When there is no wind every man is a pilot.French
Cherries are bitter to the glutted blackbird.
French
There are no beautiful prisons or ugly loved ones.
French
Fair is he that comes, but fairer he that brings.
French
He that has not money in his purse should have honey in his mouth.
French
One may steal nothing save a lawyer's purse.
French