“If little labour, little are our gains: / Man's fortunes are according to his pains.”

— Robert Herrick, Hesperides, 1648, "No Pains, No Gains"

About Robert Herrick

1591 – 1674

English poet and cleric, author of "Hesperides".

“Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; nothing's so hard but search will find it out.”

“Love is a circle that doth restless move / In the same sweet eternity of love.”

“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!”

“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.”

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

“Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.”

“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness?”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”