„Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.“

„It is also well known that good horses bring happiness to the heart of the riders, if they are at least reasonably skilled.“

—  Bem Cavalgar King of Portugal 1391 - 1438

Part I

„Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.“

—  Douglas Adams, book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Source: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

„History has informed us that bodies of men, as well as individuals, are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.“

—  Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States of America 1743 - 1826

1770s, A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)

„Happiness and Beauty are by-products.“

—  George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950

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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)

„Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.“

—  Brigitte Bardot French model, actor, singer and animal rights activist 1934

„Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.“

—  Aldous Huxley English writer 1894 - 1963

Essay "Distractions I" in Vedanta for the Western World (1945) edited by Christopher Isherwood

„Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment to worthy causes.“

—  Norman Vincent Peale American writer 1898 - 1993

The Power of Positive Living (1992), p. 63

„Riches and Art are spurious receipts for the production of Happiness and Beauty.“

—  George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950

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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)

„But it would be enough that, when riding beasts, they behave like men and not like beasts.“

—  Bem Cavalgar King of Portugal 1391 - 1438

Part II

„The forum [is] an established place for men to cheat one another, and behave covetously.“

—  Anacharsis Scythian philosopher

As quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, as translated by C. D. Yonge) (1853), "Anacharsis" sect. 5, p. 48

„A nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them, cannot be enslaved.“

—  Benjamin Franklin American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, a… 1706 - 1790

Written by Henry Stuber as part of a biographical sketch of Franklin appended to a 1793 edition of Franklin's autobiography and sometimes reprinted with it in the 19th century. It is frequently misattributed to Franklin himself.
Misattributed
Context: Libraries … will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men, who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them, cannot be enslaved. It is in the regions of ignorance that tyranny reigns.

„Dear Gen'l, -- The fort & garrison with Col. Johnston are ours. Our officers & men behaved like men who are determined to be free.“

—  Anthony Wayne Continental Army general 1745 - 1796

note to Washington after receiving the surrender of Stony Point
Attributed

„Don't let two men fall in love with you, girls. It's not the sort of thing that ends well."
-Uncle Charles“

—  Ally Carter American writer 1974

Source: Uncommon Criminals

„I'm no good at anything. Not men. Not social skills. Not work. Nothing.“

—  Helen Fielding, book Bridget Jones's Diary

Source: Bridget Jones's Diary

„Happiness is a by-product. It is not a primary product of life. It is a thing which you suddenly realize you have because you're so delighted to be doing something which perhaps has nothing whatever to do with happiness.“

—  Robertson Davies Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist 1913 - 1995

"Sunday Morning".

„Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product.“

—  Jigme Singye Wangchuck King of Bhutan 1972–2006 1955

Quoted in story of a king, a poor country, and a rich idea. Business Bhutan, Tashi Dorji https://web.archive.org/web/20190112132102/https://earthjournalism.net/stories/6468The  (15 June 2012).

„Out, you impostors!
Quack-salving, cheating mountebanks! Your skill
Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.“

—  Philip Massinger English writer 1583 - 1640

Virgin Martyr (1622), Act IV, scene i.

„Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.“

—  Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

No. 2 (24 March 1750) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh1Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=2&division=div1
Source: The Rambler (1750–1752)

„be it peace or happiness
let it enfold you“

—  Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994