If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
Work divided is in that manner shortened.
To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
There is no glory in otustripping donkeys.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.