When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to read more

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those
who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less
competition there.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
- Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
- Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
[Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]

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.

If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.

If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

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.