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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.
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]
He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.
[Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
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.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the read more
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.