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

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

How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.

How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.

Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun
The many still must labour for the one.

He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]

He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.