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Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.
Little pains
In a due hour employ'd great profit yields.
This casket threatens; men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages.
A golden mind read more
This casket threatens; men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages.
A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;
I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid read more
From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.
[Lat., Hoc scitum'st periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quid ex usu
sit.]
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but
what we do.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.