What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

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

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

Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the read more

Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou are gone, and for ever!

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.

A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our 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.