I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend than be one.

He that would eat the nut must crack the shell.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.

Toil is man’s allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that’s more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.