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.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.