The cheerful loser is the winner.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

No man can lose what he never had.

No man can lose what he never had.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning read more

That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.

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

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

Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

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

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