“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23”

“Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.”