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

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.

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

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria --- anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.

Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.

I believe in the dignity of labor, 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.