"A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted."

Saturday Proverb: 

Proverb: "A fool and his money are soon parted." 

Meaning:

Literal meaning.

History / Interesting Fact:

This is quite an early proverb in the English language and due to this might be thought to contain the wisdom of the ancients. The notion was known by the late 16^th century when it was out in rhyme by Thomas Tusser in Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie in 1573:

A foole & his money,
be soone at debate:
which after with sorow,
repents him too late.

The precise wording of the expression comes just a little later, in Dr. John Bridges' Defence of the Government of the Church of England, 1587:

If they pay a penie or two pence more for the readinesse of them.....let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted.

"Better Late Than Never"

Saturday Proverb: 

Proverb: "Better late than never." 

Meaning:

It's best to do something on time. But if you can't do it on time, do it late.

History / Interesting Fact:

This proverb is often expressed with a degree of sarcasm, apparently saying something positive but in fact merely remarking on someone's lateness. A teacher might say it to a child arriving late for school, for example. Geoffery Chaucer appears to have been the first person to have put the proverb into print, in The Yeoman's Prologue and Tale, Canterbury Tales, circa 1386.