Gain and Loss
A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900 German philosopher)
No man can lose what he never had.
—Izaak Walton (1593-1683 British writer)
Blind zeal can only do harm.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1830-1882 American essayist and poet)
In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies.
—Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960 Soviet poet and novelist)
A little of everything, and nothing at all.
—Michel Eyguem Montaigne (1533-1592 French essayist)
Prefer losses to unjust gains.
—Barkley
What a day may bring a day may take away.
—Thomas Fuller (1608-1661 British churchman)
Hope of ill-gotten gain is the beginning of losses.
—Italian proverb
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
—Albert Einstein (1879-1955 American physicist)
Man proposes, God disposes.
—George Herbert (1593-1633 British priest and poet)
God helps those who help themselves.
—Chinese proverb
If you believe in the Lord, he will do half the work — but the last half. He helps those who help themselves.
—Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930 American aviation pioneer and inventor)
Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs away with it.
—La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680 French writer)
An efficacious medicine tastes bitter.
—Chinese proverb
In the days of prosperity be joyful, but in days of adversity consider.
—Ecclesiastes