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No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
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.]
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.
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.]
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
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.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.