~ Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent,
whether for business or a profession. ~
~ Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent
to people who have none. ~
~ When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up. ~
~ Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving. ~
~ Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight. ~
~ It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness. ~
~ The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. ~
~ Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. ~
~ By rights, is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. ~
~ By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. ~
~ Occupation is the scythe of time. ~
~ My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer. ~