Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Toil

He toils like a dog in a wheel, who roasts meat for other people’s eating.

He who toils with pain will eat with pleasure.Chinese.

How pleasant it is for him who has been preserved to remember his toil.Greek.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

To make a man of yourself you must toil.Chinese.

Toil is prayer. (Laborare est orare.)

Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe
The fate of many.Homer.

Toil without glory is a menial’s lot.Benjamin Disraeli.

When toil ceases the people suffer.Benjamin Disraeli.