this is because every king who has a seat at his disposal and who sits for a long time with him and is comforted by it desires leisure and his soul seeks from him freedom rest and solitude for his own desire. likewise whoever has a lot of leisure and few companions becomes rude and dismissive and seeks work companionship and the like.
وذاك أنه كل من أنفس الملك مجلسه، وطال معه قعوده، وبه أنسه تمنى الفراغ، وطلبت منه نفسه التخلص والراحة والخلوة لإرادة نفسه. كما أنه من كثر فراغه وقل أناسه، جفي واطرح، وطلب الشغل والأنس وما أشبه ذلك.