Who does i' the wars more than his captain can

Becomes his captain's captain; and ambition,

The soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss,

Than gain which darkens him.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iii. Sc. 1.

The bell strikes one. We take no note of time

But from its loss.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night i. Line 55.

The dews of the evening most carefully shun,—

Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

Earl Of Chesterfield (1694-1773): Advice to a Lady in Autumn.

Prologues like compliments are loss of time;

'T is penning bows and making legs in rhyme.

David Garrick (1716-1779): Prologue to Crisp's Tragedy of Virginia.

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,

As sages in all times assert;

The happy man's without a shirt.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Be Merry Friends.

And though he promise to his loss,

He makes his promise good.

Tate And Brady: Psalm xv. 5.