The nights are short for him who married late in life.
More Russian Proverbs:
The tongue always returns to the sore tooth.Russian
Better a bed of wood than a bier of gold.
Russian
You cannot pull a fish out of the pond without work.
Russian
Thanks to one small candle the whole of Moscow burns.
Russian
Don't be so clever; cleverer ones than you are in jail.
Russian
With seven nurses the child loses its eye.
Russian