Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.

Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

Happiness is a state of activity.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

The final cause, then, produces motion through being loved.

We work to earn our leisure.