Without labour nothing prospers

Labour is the only prayer that Nature answers

It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up anothe

He who labours diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labou

If a man loves the labour of his trade apart from any question of success or fame the Gods have called him

All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work stretch out in the sun and scratch himself

Even in the meanest sorts of labour the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work

I believe in the dignity of labour whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living