The true way
to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
-- Francis Beaumont
1584-1616, British Dramatist
And gain is
gain, however small.
-- Robert Browning
1812-1889, British Poet
No gain is so
certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of
what you already have.
-- Latin Proverb
Sayings of Latin Origin
It is always
sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost
and at any risk to the rest of the community.
-- Thorstein Veblen
1857-1929, American Social
Scientist