A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

last (noun) see let the COBBLER stick to his last; the COBBLER to his last and the gunner to his linstock.
last see also (adjective) there are no BIRDS in last year’s nest; the HUSBAND is always the last to know; the THIRD time pays for all; (adverb) he LAUGHS best who laughs last; he who LAUGHS last, laughs longest.
lasting see FIRST impressions are the most lasting.
late see (adjective) the EARLY man never borrows from the late man; it is NEVER too late to learn; it is NEVER too late to mend; it is too late to shut the STABLE- door after the horse has bolted; (adverb) BETTER late than never.
LAUGH and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone
An alteration of the sentiment expressed by HORACE Ars Poetica 101 ut ridentibus arrident, ita flentibus adsunt humani voltus, men’s faces laugh on those who laugh, and correspondingly weep on those who weep; cf. ROMANS xii. 15 (AV) Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
□1883 E. W. WILCOX in Sun (New York) 25 Feb. 3 Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. 1907 ‘O. HENRY’ Trimmed Lamp 211 Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and they give you the laugh. 1912 ‘SAKI’ Chronicle of Clovis 127 The proverb ‘Weep and you weep alone,’ broke down as badly on application as most of its kind. 1997 Oldie Aug. 27 Laugh, said the little clown, and the world laughs with you. Cry but don’t let anyone catch you at it! 2001 R. HILL Dialogues of Dead xviii. 153 ‘Right joker, this Wordman, ain’t he? What’s it they say? Laugh and the world laughs with you.’ ^merriment
Let them LAUGH that win
An older version of the next two proverbs.
□1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I.V. B2 He laught that wynth. a 1596 G. PEELE Clyomon & Clamides F1 But I zay to you my nabor [neighbour].. wel let them laugh that win. 1777 Bonner & Middleton’s Bristol Journal 5 July 3 The old Proverb says, let them laugh that wins.—They glory over us, by saying that our Fund is almost exhausted—that is our look out not theirs. 1873 TROLLOPE Phineas Redux I. xxxvii. ‘You are laughing at me, I know.’ ‘Let them laugh that win.’ "success; winners and losers