Woodworking is a most satisfying pastime, so varied and multifaceted you will never complete the twin processes you have undertaken: acquiring tools and learning how to use them. You have begun a lifetime pursuit. – Michael Dunbar, “Essential Tools”

The best carpenters make the fewest chips. – English proverb, c.1500s

A knotty piece of timber must have smooth wedges. – English proverb quoted by John Ray, 1670

Put your soul into your work, not your hand… – State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau