It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection read more

It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says,
for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past
labors is pleasant."
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male
Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc
versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle.

By labor fire is got out of stone.

By labor fire is got out of stone.

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will read more

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.