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!

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

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

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is read more

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost!

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.

Things that are not at all, are never lost.

Things that are not at all, are never lost.

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father,
while the loss of his inheritance might read more

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father,
while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
[Lat., Gli huomini dimenticano piu teste la morte del padre, che
la perdita del patrimonie.]

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.

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.