Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

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.

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.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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

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

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.

To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.