Careful Words

diligence (n.)

  That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act i. Sc. 4.

  Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Rasselas. Chap. xii.

  Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.

Hesiod (Circa 720 (?) b c): Works and Days. Line 412.

  Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.