Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him.
More Traditional Proverbs:
What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.Traditional
Of all the strategems, to know when to quit is the best.
Traditional
Faith is action.
Traditional
Quit not certainty for hope.
Traditional
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Traditional
Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
Traditional