Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.

Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all
The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,
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Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all
The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,
And is enough for both.

For everything you have missed you have gained something.

For everything you have missed you have gained something.

An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]

An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]

No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

And if you mean to profit, learn to please.

And if you mean to profit, learn to please.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.