Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

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.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]

An evil gain equals a loss.
[Lat., Lucrum malum aequale dispendio.]

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.]

No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

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.

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.