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| A work ill done must be twice done. | 1 |
| A work well begun is half ended. Plato. | 2 |
| All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. | 3 |
| All work, even cotton spinning, is noble—work alone is noble. Carlyle. | 4 |
| Better direct well than work hard. | 5 |
| Better sit idle than work for naught. | 6 |
| By the work we know the workman. La Fontaine. | 7 |
| By work you get money, by talk you get knowledge. Haliburton. | 8 |
| By working in a smithy one becomes a smith. French. | 9 |
| Church work goes on slowly. | 10 |
| Do the head work before the hand work. | 11 |
| Fire and love do not say, “Go to your work.” Spanish. | 12 |
| Good material is half the work. German. | 13 |
| Good works will never save you, but you cannot be saved without them. | 14 |
| Great gain makes work easy. | 15 |
| He was born on a Sunday: he likes work ready done. French. | 16 |
| He who would rest must work. Italian. | 17 |
| In truth they must not eat, who will not work in heat. | 18 |
| It’s all in the day’s work. | 19 |
| It is not the long day but the heart that does the work. Italian. | 20 |
Man’s work is from sun to sun,
Woman’s work is never done. | 21 |
| Men work but slowly that have poor wages. | 22 |
| Mighty work must be done with few words. Danish. | 23 |
| Most hands despatch apace and make light work. | 24 |
| Never was good work done without much trouble. Chinese. | 25 |
| Slow work produces fine goods. | 26 |
| Sour work—sweet sleep. German. | 27 |
| The result tests the work. George Washington. | 28 |
| The time is never lost that is devoted to work. Emerson. | 29 |
| Thy hand is never the worse for doing thy own work. | 30 |
| ’Tis not prating but working that brings in the harvest. | 31 |
| To work for a dead horse or goose. | 32 |
| To work for the bishop. (Prayers but no pay.) Spanish. | 33 |
| We cannot all be noblemen, there must be some to do the work. Hans Andersen. | 34 |
| When every one minds his own business the work is done. Danish. | 35 |
| When he should work every finger is a thumb. | 36 |
| Where there are too many there is little work. German. | 37 |
| Work done expects money. Portuguese. | 38 |
| Work first and then rest. Ruskin. | 39 |
| Work makes riches, and the weaver’s tool builds the store-house. German. | 40 |
| Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. German. | 41 |
| Work makes the workman. | 42 |
| Work produces virtue, and virtue honor. German. | 43 |
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