~ Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure ~
~ Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm ~
~ No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ~
~ Variety is the soul of pleasure. ~
~ No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety ~
~ Pleasure itself is not a vice ~
~ The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety ~
~ Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business. ~
~ Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ~
~ All pleasure in the world is a passing dream. ~
~ Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. ~
~ All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenues ~