You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play.

You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play. - English Proverbs

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He would exclaim

Dear is cheap, and cheap is dear.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good, just as if the emerald (or the gold or the purple) were always saying “Whatever any one does or says, I must be emerald and keep my color.”

When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth.

Ticks and money are difficult to pluck out.

Blaw the wind ne'er sae fast, it will lown at the last.

He who would make a golden door must add a nail to it daily.

He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

Though a tree grows ever so high, the falling leaves return to its roots.