But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

For 'tis a truth well known to most,
That whatsoever thing is lost,
We seek it, ere read more

For 'tis a truth well known to most,
That whatsoever thing is lost,
We seek it, ere it comes to light,
In every cranny but the right.

Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.

Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.

Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is read more

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost!

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.