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I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

Let a man practise the profession he best knows.

It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.

The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.

My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.

Be not a jack of all trades, but a master of one.

The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian, filed needles.