~ Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain ~
~ The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident ~
~ Pleasure is none, if not diversified. ~
~ No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. ~
~ Novelty is the great parent of pleasure ~
~ Pleasure is the bait of sin. ~
~ The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ~
~ Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ~
~ The greatest pleasure of life is love. ~
~ Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. ~
~ There is no sterner moralist than pleasure. ~
~ There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. ~