"Penelopæ telam retexens. Unravelling the web of Penelope. Cicero , Acad. Quæst , Book IV. 29. 95...."

"Labour in vain; or coals to Newcastle..."

"Oleum et operam perdidi. I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) Plautus , Pœnulus , I. 2. 119...."