~ Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~
~ Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~
~ Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ~
~ Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. ~
~ Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ~
~ I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ~
~ The greatest pleasure of life is love. ~
~ Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. ~
~ Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains ~
~ The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices. ~
~ Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory. ~
~ Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible ~