A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.