Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.
We work to earn our leisure.
Nature does nothing in vain.
Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.