| 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. | 1 |
| He who toils with pain will eat with pleasure. Chinese. | 2 |
| How pleasant it is for him who has been preserved to remember his toil. Greek. | 3 |
| Nothing is achieved without toil. | 4 |
| To make a man of yourself you must toil. Chinese. | 5 |
| Toil is prayer. (Laborare est orare.) | 6 |
Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe
The fate of many. Homer. | 7 |
| Toil without glory is a menial’s lot. Benjamin Disraeli. | 8 |
| When toil ceases the people suffer. Benjamin Disraeli. | 9 | | |
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