Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

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.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

A man's best friends are his ten fingers.

He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]

He who labours, prays.
[Lat., Qui laborat, orat.]

He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.

He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, read more

Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.