Work was made for man, and not man for work. J. G. Holland.
Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, / And hope without an object cannot live. Coleridge.
Work, work, work, / Till the brain begins to swim; / Work, work, work, / Till the eyes are heavy and dim; / Seam, and gusset, and band, / Band, and gusset, and seam, / Till over the buttons I fall asleep, / And sew them on in a dream. Hood.
Works of true merit are seldom very popular in their own day; for knowledge is on the march, and men of genius are the "præstolatores" or "videttes," that are far in advance of their comrades. They are not with them, but before them; not in the camp, but beyond it. Colton.
Worldly affairs, which my friends thought so 10 heavy upon me, they are most of them of our own making, and fall away as soon as we know ourselves. Law.
Worldly riches are like nuts; many clothes are torn in getting them, many a tooth broke in cracking them, but never a belly filled with eating them. R. Venning.
Worse than being fool'd / Of others, is to fool one's self. Tennyson.
Worse than despair, / Worse than the bitterness of death, is hope; / It is the only ill which can find place / Upon the giddy, sharp, and narrow hour / Tottering beneath us. Shelley.
Worship is transcendent wonder; wonder for which there is no limit or measure. Carlyle.
Worship that is false will kill the soul as 15 quickly as no worship. Saying.