Late fruit keeps well.
More German Proverbs:
Count not your chickens before they are hatched.German
At night all cats are grey.
German
Who comes first, grinds first.
German
There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.
German
Criticism of the state is all right, but don't forget the nation is you.
German
Tis too late to spare when the pocket is bare.
German