My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.

My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.

It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot
pregnant.

It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot
pregnant.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination read more

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth... But amusing? Never.

Let a man practise the profession he best knows.
[Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

Let a man practise the profession he best knows.
[Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as
men of course do seek to read more

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as
men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought
they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a
help and ornament thereunto.

And sure the Eternal Master found
The single talent well employ'd.

And sure the Eternal Master found
The single talent well employ'd.

Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at
their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, read more

Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at
their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius,
the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian,
filed needles.